#32 Digital Minimalism (Cal Newport, 2019)

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This week we discuss Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism'. As technology, apps and social media continue to grip our attention and affect us in a multitude of negative ways, how can we gain back control? How can we optimise and extract value from the technologies we currently use so we have more time for meaningful activities and connections? We discuss some of the practices Cal suggests, as well as looking at aspects of having a digital declutter, the benefits of solitude and curating our information diet. A real practical episode with plenty of take aways.   Hope you enjoy.  Will & Luke   00:00 Introductions  2:15 Digital Life and the Philosophy of new technology   6:30 The Digital Declutter 8:50 Our inability to be alone  9:20 Technology and our core needs  10:50 Connection vs Conversation (Shallow vs Deep interactions) (Conversation centric communication)  15:30 Texting, compulsions, freedom  19:00 Utilising the benefits of technology - optimisation and extracting the value  24:05 Benefits of solitude and practices  32:00 Scheduling low quality leisure  33:25 Single purpose devices, utilising functions, notifications and other practices  36:00 Curating your information diet  38:30 Making your life full of non phone based activities + Doing 'nothing' is over-rated (Discover valuable activities)  43:00 Re-connecting with the body  44:20 Will's key take-aways  46:00 Conclusions around digital minimalism    This specific episode can also be seen on: https://youtu.be/HKoee_TWD00 Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos  Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW  Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365  Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==  Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public. Purchase the book: https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/

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This week we discuss Cal Newport's 'Digital Minimalism'. As technology, apps and social media continue to grip our attention and affect us in a multitude of negative ways, how can we gain back control? How can we optimise and extract value from the technologies we currently use so we have more time for meaningful activities and connections? We discuss some of the practices Cal suggests, as well as looking at aspects of having a digital declutter, the benefits of solitude and curating our information diet. A real practical episode with plenty of take aways. Hope you enjoy. Will & Luke 00:00 Introductions 2:15 Digital Life and the Philosophy of new technology 6:30 The Digital Declutter 8:50 Our inability to be alone 9:20 Technology and our core needs 10:50 Connection vs Conversation (Shallow vs Deep interactions) (Conversation centric communication) 15:30 Texting, compulsions, freedom 19:00 Utilising the benefits of technology - optimisation and extracting the value 24:05 Benefits of solitude and practices 32:00 Scheduling low quality leisure 33:25 Single purpose devices, utilising functions, notifications and other practices 36:00 Curating your information diet 38:30 Making your life full of non phone based activities + Doing 'nothing' is over-rated (Discover valuable activities) 43:00 Re-connecting with the body 44:20 Will's key take-aways 46:00 Conclusions around digital minimalism This specific episode can also be seen on: https://youtu.be/HKoee_TWD00 Check our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Y_SKLFpax13442jA3giaw/videos Listen to us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2R1BRcriKWcvOU1XMJQhyW Listen to us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/will-luke-discuss/id1572512365 Listen to us on Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81Zjk2YTNmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Also available on: Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Radio Public. Purchase the book: https://www.calnewport.com/books/digital-minimalism/

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