Do you often feel short of time?
If yes, Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism is the panacea you need that can solve all your reasonable issues emanating from the shortage of time.
Most of us have got into this mindless habit of keeping ourselves so occupied that we have time for everyone and everything except ourselves.
Even the “contract” of free time has been allotted to social networking sites. As a result, self-thoughts remain elusive. All we are left with is the thoughts of others.
Cal Newport in his book,Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World has termed this state of incessant connectedness as Solitude Deprivation. He defines it as the state in which we spend close to zero time alone with our own thoughts, free from input from other minds.
Sounds Relatable?
Let’s dive into these 20 mindful and relatable Digital Minimalism quotes from Cal Newport that might force you into a Digital Sabbath:―
1.
Our Sociality is simply too complex to be OUTSOURCED to a Social Network or reduced to instant messages and emojis.
2.
We enter SOLITUDE, in which also we lose LONELINESS.
3.
For the first time in Human History, solitude is starting to fade away altogether.
4.
Three Crucial benefits provided by Solitude:
1. New Ideas;
2. An understanding of the Self;
3. Closeness to others.
5.
Solitude Deprivation:― A state in which you spend close to zero time alone with your own thoughts and free from input from other minds
6.
Minimalists don’t mind missing out on small things;
What worries them much more is diminishing the large things they already know for sure make a life good.
7.
The COST of a thing is the amount of what I will call LIFE which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
8.
We didn’t sign up for the Digital Lives we now lead. They were instead, to a large extent, crafted in boardrooms to serve the interests of a select group of Technology Investors.
9.
DIGITAL MINIMALISM definitively does not reject the innovations of the INTERNET AGE, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools.
10.
Where we want to be cautious …is when the sound of a voice or a CUP of COFFEE with a friend is replaced with ‘LIKES’ on a post.
11.
It’s Not Neutral. They want you to use it in particular ways and for long periods of time. Because that’s how they make their Money.
12.
The More Time You spend “CONNECTING” on these services, the more ISOLATED you’re likely to become.
13.
CONVERSATION enriches the UNDERSTANDING, but SOLITUDE is the school of GENIUS.
14.
You can’t, in other words, build a billion-dollar empire like Facebook if you’re wasting hours every day using a service like Facebook.
15.
You’re instead waging a David and Goliath battle against institutions that are both impossibly rich and intent on using this wealth to stop you from winning.
16.
If you’re wearing headphones, or monitoring a text message chain, or, God forbid, narrating the stroll on Instagram—You’re NOT really walking, and therefore you’re NOT going to experience this practice’s greatest benefits
17.
He Disabled Notifications for 112 different Apps on his iPhone. “It’s relatively easy to retake control,” he optimistically concludes
18.
In many cases, these ADDICTIVE properties of new technologies are not accidents, but instead carefully ENGINEERED design features.
19.
A TEMPORARY DETOX is a much weaker resolution than trying to permanently change your life, and therefore much easier for your mind to subvert when the going gets tough.
20.
All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone
Amazon Links to Buy Cal Newport’s Books:―
- Digital Minimalism | Amazon In | Amazon US
- Deep Work | Amazon In | Amazon US
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You | Amazon In | Amazon US
- How to Become a Straight-A Student | Amazon In | Amazon US
- A World Without Email | Amazon In | Amazon US
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