286: Cal Newport – Digital Minimalism • Create Time For Solitude • Stop Socializing On Social Media

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He’s also a writer who focuses on the impact of technology on society.

Cal is the author of six books, including, most recently, the New York Times bestseller, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.

You won’t find Cal on social media but he’s been blogging at calnewport.com for over a decade.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why Cal has avoided social media all these years
• How the Facebook “like” button changed social media
• What is web 2.0?
• Stop socializing on social media
• Breaking the compulsion cycle
• Why growing your email list is important
• Digital Minimalism defined
• The digital declutter experiment
• Why the younger generation struggles more without screen time
• Planning analog time vs. digital time
• Create time for solitude
• The ritual of journaling
• How the Amish evaluate community needs
• Be intentional when using technology
• Use social media like a professional
• Approaching Instagram in a healthy way
• The key idea of minimalism
• Don’t give adolescents a smartphone
• Anxiety on the rise in adolescents
• The evolution of smartphones
• Dumbing down your smartphone

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Related links:

Cal Newport – Digital Minimalism (book)
Cal Newport’s website
Cal Newport – Deep Work (book)
Cal Newport (all books)
Moleskine notebook
Walter Isaacson – Steve Jobs (book)

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