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I agree that 'digital minimalism' is an extremely vague and, what's worse, generally paired with unscientific new-age Zen broscience bullshit, but I do think th
by qsort 5y ago
I agree that 'digital minimalism' is an extremely vague and, what's worse, generally paired with unscientific new-age Zen broscience bullshit, but I do think there's a legitimate point: we should question our tools.
It's easy to use gadgets, technologies, apps, subscriptions, whatever, just out of habit, without actually being conscious of the tradeoffs they involve.
I used to have social media accounts, but I deleted them after I realized they weren't valuable to me.
My phone is now a dumbphone, because I thought the additional mental energy one devotes to apps, notifications etc. wasn't really worth much to me.
Of course everyone needs to draw their own conclusions, I'm not claiming my decisions have universal validity, but the general principle "use all the tech you need, but not more" is a good one.