Author:Cal Newport
Learn how to switch off and find calm - from the New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email
'Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of technology' Evening Standard
'An eloquent, powerful and enjoyably practical guide to cutting back on screen time' The Times
'An urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life' Ryan Holiday
'What a timely and useful book' Naomi Alderman, author of The Power
Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through social media or the news while your anxiety rises? Are you feeling frazzled after a long day of endless video calls?
In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to pair back digital distractions and live a more meaningful life with less technology.
By following a 'digital declutter' process, you'll learn to:
· Rethink your relationship with social media
· Prioritize 'high bandwidth' conversations over low quality text chains
· Rediscover the pleasures of the offline world
Take back control from your devices and find calm amongst the chaos with Digital Minimalism.
A compelling case for cultivating intense focus, and offers immediately actionable steps for infusing more of it into our lives
—— Adam Grant, author of Originals on Deep WorkA wonderfully entangled, intertwined, and erudite series of strategies, philosophies, disciplines, and techniques to sharpen your focus and dive deep into your work
—— 800-CEO-READ on Deep WorkAs a presence on the page, Newport is exceptional in the realm of self-help authors
—— New York Times Book ReviewCal Newport speaks human truth to digital power. He calls out our enslavement to modern devices and calmly presents a better way to live and work
—— Julia Hobsbawm , author of Fully ConnectedThis book is an urgent call to action for anyone serious about being in command of their own life
—— Ryan Holiday , author of The Obstacle is the WayCal Newport has discovered a cure for the techno-exhaustion that plagues our always-on, digitally caffeinated culture
—— Joshua Fields Millburn , The MinimalistsCal Newport's Digital Minimalism is the best book I've read in some time about our fraught relationship with technology. If you're looking for a blueprint to guide you as you liberate yourself from the shackles of email, social networks, smartphones, and screens, let this book be your guide
—— Adam Alter , author of IrresistibleYou're not the user, you're the product. Hang up, log off, and tune in to a different way to be in the world. Bravo, Cal, smart advice for good people
—— Seth Godin , author of This is MarketingI hope that everyone who owns a mobile phone and has been wondering where their time goes gets a chance to absorb the ideas in this book. It's amazing how the same strategy can work for both financial success and mental well-being: Put more energy into what makes you happy, and ruthlessly strip away the things that don't
—— Pete Adeney , aka Mr. Money MustacheI challenge you not to devour this wonderful book in one sitting. I certainly did and I started applying Cal's ideas to my own life immediately
—— Greg McKeown , author of EssentialismCal Newport's book is a refreshing antidote to the poisonous cycle of what's new? - what's new? that this digital, hyperconnected decade has seduced us into. Building on the economics of Henry David Thoreau, Cal's call for calmer waters, for meaningful and engaged interactions, is just what the world needs right now
—— Daniel J. Levitin , author of The Organised MindDigital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of mobile phones
—— Evening StandardWillpower, tips, and vague resolutions are not sufficient by themselves to tame the ability of new technologies to invade your cognitive landscape
—— The New YorkerWhat a timely and useful book! It's neither hysterical nor complacent - a workable guide to being thoughtful about digital media. It's already made me rethink some of my media use in a considered way
—— Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerEvery paragraph of Kolbert's books has a mountain of reading and reporting behind it.... Urgent, absolutely necessary reading as a portrait of our devastated planet
—— Kirkus ReviewOur finest journalist on climate change
—— Chicago TribuneA tale not of magic-bullet remedies where maybe this time things will be different when we intervene in nature, but rather of deploying a panoply of strategies big and small in hopes that there is still time to make a difference and atone for our past. A sobering and realistic look at humankind's perhaps misplaced faith that technology can work with nature to produce a more liveable planet
—— Library JournalA terrific look at humanity's impact on the Earth (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Bill GatesA wonderful book (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Barack ObamaThis is the big story of our age (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Sunday TimesWell-composed snapshots of history, theory and observation that will fascinate, enlighten and appal many readers (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— GuardianA distinctive and eloquent voice of conscience... timely, meticulously researched and well-written (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Al Gore , New York TimesCompelling (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— ObserverRemarkable (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Sunday TelegraphRead this book (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— IndependentElizabeth Kolbert's cautionary tale, The Sixth Extinction, offers us a cogent overview of a harrowing biological challenge. The reporting is exceptional, the contextualizing exemplary (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— Barry Lopez, author of Arctic Dreams and HorizonThe Sixth Mass Extinction is the biggest story on Earth, period, and Elizabeth Kolbert tells it with imagination, rigor, deep reporting, and a capacious curiosity about all the wondrous creatures and ecosystems that exist, or have existed, on our planet. The result is an important book full of love and loss (praise for: The Sixth Extinction)
—— David Quammen, author of The Song of the Dodo and SpilloverFascinating
—— Chris Fitch , GeographicalIn Under a White Sky...Elizabeth Kolbert...[combines] curiosity with an acerbic wit to explore humanity's obsession with controlling nature... Kolbert's skill is in presenting compelling stories from the Anthropocene and letting us judge for ourselves
—— James Dacey , Physics WorldHighly readable . . . Higginbotham [is] a skilled science writer. . . . Mr. Higginbotham’s book reflects extensive on-the-scene research. . . . and vividly describes the futile attempts of engineers to bring a runaway reactor under control.
—— The Washington TimesIn fascinating detail, Higginbotham chronicles how the drama played out, showing that Soviet hubris in part led to the accident and Soviet secrecy compounded it.
—— NewsdayThe book reads like an adventure novel, but it’s a richly researched non-fiction work by a brilliant storyteller. . . . Get and read this gripping account to understand why people are still so afraid of nuclear power.
—— Skeptic Magazine's Science SalonMidnight in Chernobyl is a master class in reporting.
—— The National Book Review