Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 21 February 2019
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at their phones. They can get lost in a good book, a woodworking project, or a leisurely morning run. They can have fun with friends and family without the obsessive urge to document the experience. They stay informed about the news of the day, but don't feel overwhelmed by it. They don't experience "fear of missing out" because they already know which activities provide them meaning and satisfaction.
Man oh man, that is music to my ears! That’s why I’m so excited about our latest guest, Cal Newport, with us to talk about his latest book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.
Now, Newport gives us a name for this quiet movement, and makes a persuasive case for its urgency in our tech-saturated world. Common sense tips, like turning off notifications, or occasional rituals like observing a digital sabbath, don't go far enough in helping us take back control of our technological lives, and attempts to unplug completely are complicated by the demands of family, friends and work. What we need instead is a thoughtful method to decide what tools to use, for what purposes, and under what conditions.
Drawing on a diverse array of real-life examples, from Amish farmers to harried parents to Silicon Valley programmers, Newport identifies the common practices of digital minimalists and the ideas that underpin them. He shows how digital minimalists are rethinking their relationship to social media, rediscovering the pleasures of the offline world, and reconnecting with their inner selves through regular periods of solitude.
Technology is intrinsically neither good nor bad. The key is using it to support your goals and values, rather than letting it use you. This book shows the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Jill Schlesinger, and on this episode of Jill on Money, we're going to find the |
| 0:08.0 | key to living well in a high-tech world. |
| 0:11.3 | The answer may surprise you. You have all these things on your phone, |
| 0:14.3 | they're all clambering for your attention. You have some explanation for each. Here's the |
| 0:18.4 | reason why I downloaded that, or here's what I can do with this, but the overall |
| 0:21.9 | negative cost of having your attention constantly |
| 0:25.4 | being pulled at, constantly being manipulated, can far outweigh the sum of all those little |
| 0:30.6 | benefits they bring you. Welcome to the Jill on Money Podcast. |
| 0:35.0 | I am Jill Schlesinger and I have such a great treat today |
| 0:38.0 | because I've been a fan girl of this guest for a while. |
| 0:43.0 | His name is Cal Newport. |
| 0:45.4 | I kind of fell in love with him |
| 0:46.7 | when he wrote a book called Deep Work. |
| 0:49.1 | His newest book is called Digital Minimalism, |
| 0:52.4 | choosing a focused life in a noisy world. |
| 0:55.9 | When we are through with this interview, I want you to reassess how you are using social media and all of your communication tools. It will blow your mind. |
| 1:08.0 | So here's our interview with Cal Newport. |
| 1:10.0 | You're listening to Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay, this is so exciting for me. |
| 1:17.0 | I'm a little bit of a fan girl. |
| 1:19.0 | Cal Newport live in the studio. |
| 1:21.0 | Welcome to the program. |
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