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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by Cal Newport
The Digital Minimalism movement is one I have been trying to radicalize myself into for about three years now. The philosophy behind regaining control over my habitual use of technology is an empowering yet a futile attempt. Deleting the apps on my phone is a case of internal destabilization through force. Words don't seem to move my addicted brain. I want a more literary musings behind it and this book doesn't seem to fulfill that. The operative language Cal Newport uses doesn't necessarily inspire focus.
The accounts of the US Presidents I cannot give a second thought. Only the tale of Henry David Thoreau's Walden do I sense a gathering of minds – that the amount of effort I use to maintain a hectic life can be an economic tale too. The biggest cost is our attention.
I want to write again. Coding is a vortex of indecipherable variables across system designs my brain is unable to make sense. I want to relearn social intuition now that I am older. Maybe this is the beginning of the way out.
The accounts of the US Presidents I cannot give a second thought. Only the tale of Henry David Thoreau's Walden do I sense a gathering of minds – that the amount of effort I use to maintain a hectic life can be an economic tale too. The biggest cost is our attention.
I want to write again. Coding is a vortex of indecipherable variables across system designs my brain is unable to make sense. I want to relearn social intuition now that I am older. Maybe this is the beginning of the way out.