Digital Minimalism

It is comical how many of these ideas I have already implemented in my life. I have listened to a fair view episodes of Newport's podcast as well as being interested in the whole productivity genre so perhaps I came into this book expecting more for intermediates whereas it seems to focus more on an introduction.

It seems to me that the idea of the philosophy is to be deliberate with your time. If you feel like you're spending too much time on your phone, you probably are and should change things. He goes a bit further arguing that some things aren't really necessary for us as humans. In that sense it does seem that he's a sceptic of technology instead of a technology enthusiast. What I felt missing was why or what led him to not using social media initially? Sure we waste time there and it benefits only corporations but was that what he was thinking in the early 2010s? As a result his theory is more so based on the experiences of others in an okay way but not particularly hard hitting. It does seem this genre suffers from a lack of complexity and deep thinking - I'm sure he would love to go deeper but perhaps he is limited by the constraints of productivity literature.

It's not a bad book but not life changing. It's alright.