Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

ISBN-13: 9780241453575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 304 str.

Cal Newport

Opis

New York Times Bestseller'Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of mobile phones' Evening Standard'An eloquent, powerful and enjoyably practical guide to cutting back on screen time' The Times'An urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life' Ryan Holiday, author of The Obstacle is the Way'What a timely and useful book' Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerCut down on screen time and get your technology use in checkThe urge to pick up our phones every few minutes has become a nervous twitch that shatters our time into shards too small to be present. Our addiction to tech leaves us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. But it doesn't have to be that way.In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to pair back digital distractions and live better with less technology.Introducing us to digital minimalists -- the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones or obsessively document everything they eat -- Newport reveals how to live more intentionally in our tech-saturated world.By following a thirty-day 'digital declutter' process, you'll learn to:· Rethink your relationship with social media· Prioritize 'high bandwidth' conversations over low quality text chains· Rediscover the pleasures of the offline worldTake back control from your devices and become a digital minimalist.

Recenzje

A compelling case for cultivating intense focus, and offers immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our lives Adam Grant, author of Originals on Deep Work

O autorze

Newport, CalCal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University and the author of seven books, including the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism, The Time-Block Planner, Deep Work and So Good They Can't Ignore You. You won't find him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram but you can often find him at home with his family in Washington DC or writing essays for his popular website calnewport.com.