To resist, you need a philosophy for how you will handle new technologies as they enter your life.

Tips and tricks to reduce time spent on social media aren't effective long term.Ĭompanies fight for your attention using intermittent positive reinforcement and the drive for social approval.

already have thought deeply about your relationship with potentially addictive technologies.

who are trying to implement more Deep Work into their life.

who want to overcome digital addiction.

who feel like their technology use is out of control.

I would have loved to see this book written from the perspective of someone who overcame their digital addictions. Note that Newport has always been wary of social media he has never had a Facebook and has basically no online prescence outside of his website. However, I'm not sure a digital maximalist would buy his arguments. I agree with Newport's ideas, and plan on implementing some of them. In Part 2, Newport suggests a set of practices to help you sustain a digital minimalist lifestyle. If you buy his argument, he suggests trying a 30-day digital declutter, to help get a better perspective of which technologies you really require. In Part 1, Newport describes the philosophy of digital minimalism, and makes a strong case for it's necessity. Newport's newest book makes the case for a new philosophy of technology use, one that protects us from the downsides of new technologies without shunning them outright.

At the same time, these companies are providing valuable services, ones that we would be mistaken to completely ignore.

Companies have always fought for your attention, and the advent of always-on-you smartphones gives them far more opportunities to grab onto your mind. If you don't implement your own system, you end up with either a poor one or one that serves someone else's needs. Review - Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World You can glean the main ideas from a summary, but if you'd like stronger arguments or more detail it's worth picking up the book. Not just another minimalism book, Newport's latest has the potential to free up hundreds of hours of your attention-and your life.

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