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Why Everyone is Talking About Digital Minimalism

Note to Self

CHAPTER

The Magic of Minimalism

The magic of minimalism is that it's not about good technologies and bad technologies, it's about intention and non-intention. I think the goal is not necessarily to get people to stop using all these technologies, which would be a weird goal for computer scientists to have. It's instead to try to get some intention back into it. Well, which tech are you using? Why are you using it? What's that serving? What are your rules around it to make sure that the cost benefit ratios in your advantage? Just asking those questions can make a huge difference in terms of the impact of your quality of life.

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