Key insights from
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
By Cal Newport
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11 minute read
Published Feb 5, 2019
What you'll learn
With a whole slew of digital communication tools at our disposal, it’s easy for life to become a never-ending stream of noise. But what if carefully selected technologies could support us instead of enslave us? What if we could converse comfortably with others rather than simply connect to them via social media? Cal Newport holds out hope that we can get our autonomy back and relearn how to live life in the real world and hold face-to-face conversations.
Key insights
- 1 Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs had no idea how indelibly their services and devices would mark our world.
- 2 Some programmers are blowing the whistle on the Silicon Valley’s “race to the brainstem.”
- 3 Reclaiming autonomy begins with having a DTR (define the relationship) with technology.
- 4 Though our world is hyper-connected, we will never know togetherness until we each allow ourselves times of separateness.
- 5 Stop clicking the “like” button – your social media habits are clashing with your neurology.
- 6 Bring analog back into your life—your soul will thank you.
- 7 The world will never be the same after Samuel Morse’s invention, but we have the benefit of knowing and responding well to its impact.
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