Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal NewportMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Cal Newport is a fascinating writer. In the self-help-style non-fiction, I rarely find books that I actively enjoy and am excited to implement, but I've read two Newport books so far and they both seem intuitively attractive.
The first, Deep Work, I have attempted to implement in bursts. I want to do it long-term, and I will at some point, because those have been incredibly rewarding and productive bursts. I feel like Digital Minimalism will be the same. I don't know whether I can take the leap or whether I agree with everything Newport says, but the core of this book is really strong and I will be experimenting with and tweaking the methods here for a long time.
I do have criticisms: it oversimplifies psychological and philosophical findings and is quick to shoehorn them into specific conclusions. Not all the advice here feels sound and not all the logic is valid.
However, it is refreshingly simple, quick, and feels very doable. The rating is to be revisited once I have tried its advice out and seen what impact it has. (Though, from tentative experience following similar advice, I'm confident the positive rating will remain).
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