He proposes “digital minimalism” - “a philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.” The majority of the book focuses on practical solutions to reduce technology’s influence in your life and re-assign the time from your scrolling sessions towards intentional, in-person relationships and “high-quality leisure” time. Because there is no shortage of books offering statistics to support the detrimental effects of technology on our lives, Newport refreshingly focuses more on the response – what do we actually do about it? The best book I’ve found that provides this starting framework is Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University who has written a number of best-selling books on the intersection of digital technology and culture. Yet though we know we should reduce our screen time and instead focus on in-person relationships, I find many people lack the specific steps (and accountability) to reduce dependence on the digital world. By now, we all know how our addiction to social media and mobile phones can hurt our ability to have meaningful conversations, create the illusion of connectedness without true friendship, and destroy our self-esteem.
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