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Minimize Your Digital Use, Maximize Your Life | CAL NEWPORT 0

Mar 5, 2019

There is no question that we are increasingly committing ourselves to digital use. The fact is that our use of digital technology has presented us with some opportunities never before available in the history of mankind. But that doesn't mean it doesn't pose a very serious threat to our sanity and well-being.

Today, I talk with repeat guest, Cal Newport, to talk about some of those threats and, more importantly, how we harness the power of digital technology while minimizing the risk that inherently comes with it. We talk about the philosophy of digital minimalism, why you ought to consider a "digital de-clutter," how to keep from losing control to technology, and how to minimize digital use while maximizing your life.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

What is digital minimalism
How to develop a philosophy of technology use
How to incorporate a digital de-clutter
Why you should place priority on long-term meaning over short-term satisfaction
How we lose control to technology
Why technology is not neutral
Why clutter is costly
How to develop a personal technology process
How we're beginning to see mental health issues associated with technology use
Strategies for overcoming digital addiction
How tech. companies capitalize on the "attention economy"
Why social approval is so compelling, even if we know the dangers
Why real-world interaction is so much more powerful than digital interaction
Why every man needs to strategize his free time
How to utilize the idea of "slow media" in your life

CAL NEWPORT

Gentlemen, today I have the honor of introducing you to my friend and repeat guest, Mr. Cal Newport.

Cal is an MIT graduate and a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and, in addition to that, he is extremely interested in the intersection of technology and society.

I know many of you have read his books, including, So Good They Can't Ignore you, Deep Work, and his latest New York Times Bestseller, Digital Minimalism.

I've been fascinated with his work since I first read, So Good They Can't Ignore you. In fact, many of his theories and ideas have been used in my life to build this movement, Order of Man. I'm not sure I would have had so much success with the organization without incorporating some of his ideas, including the ones he'll be sharing with us today.