3-minute quick read
We are
becoming social media and mobile junky.
becoming social media and mobile junky.
On average we check mobile every 12 minutes sometimes up
to 96 times a day, adding to almost 35 days per year! Social media use is
topping the chart with an average 2 hours
22 minutes per day. Try
adding that for a year to find the lost time!
to 96 times a day, adding to almost 35 days per year! Social media use is
topping the chart with an average 2 hours
22 minutes per day. Try
adding that for a year to find the lost time!
But worst is its effect on our mental health and reducing the most important psychological variable in our life – autonomy.
This is not accidental, but tech firms are carefully introducing it like a Nicotine in Tobacco.We must
block this. Andrew Sullivan has called it information
addiction and you can
find addiction evidence in scientific
research. This is an attention economy at its worst!
block this. Andrew Sullivan has called it information
addiction and you can
find addiction evidence in scientific
research. This is an attention economy at its worst!
We certainly want to get value from technology
innovations, but must block its detrimental effects. Often the haphazard
effort like a digital sabbatical, removing apps, and notifications don’t show long lasting result. What we need is the overarching tech philosophy.
innovations, but must block its detrimental effects. Often the haphazard
effort like a digital sabbatical, removing apps, and notifications don’t show long lasting result. What we need is the overarching tech philosophy.
Cal
Newport’s new book Digital Minimalism provides a road map of it. It introduces tech
philosophy and shows action steps to adopt it in life.
Newport’s new book Digital Minimalism provides a road map of it. It introduces tech
philosophy and shows action steps to adopt it in life.
The book outlines philosophical underpinnings, the
aggressive intervention of 30-day digital quarantine. Then how to apply a balm of meaningful, satisfying
activities. And adding carefully chosen value-adding social media activities
only. Book also talks of 1600 people’s experiment of going on digital quarantine underscoring the importance of solitude,
leisure, and attention resistance. It looks like a complete therapeutic
package on this addiction.
aggressive intervention of 30-day digital quarantine. Then how to apply a balm of meaningful, satisfying
activities. And adding carefully chosen value-adding social media activities
only. Book also talks of 1600 people’s experiment of going on digital quarantine underscoring the importance of solitude,
leisure, and attention resistance. It looks like a complete therapeutic
package on this addiction.
I hope the book will help us to regain control of those lost 35 days per year and gain our foregone happy &
satisfying life in post-Corona life!
satisfying life in post-Corona life!
[This is my review of “Introduction” of Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism. Reviews of
remaining book chapters will follow. Watch this place!]
remaining book chapters will follow. Watch this place!]
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