# Digital Minimalism  ## Metadata - Author: [[Cal Newport]] - Full Title: Digital Minimalism - Category: #books ## Highlights - The urge to check Twitter or refresh Reddit becomes a nervous twitch that shatters uninterrupted time into shards too small to support the presence necessary for an intentional life. ([Location 72](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07DBRBP7G&location=72)) - In an open marketplace for attention, darker emotions attract more eyeballs than positive and constructive thoughts. For heavy internet users, repeated interaction with this darkness can become a source of draining negativity—a steep price that many don’t even realize they’re paying to support their compulsive connectivity. ([Location 86](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07DBRBP7G&location=86)) - I’ve become convinced that what you need instead is a full-fledged philosophy of technology use, rooted in your deep values, that provides clear answers to the questions of what tools you should use and how you should use them and, equally important, enables you to confidently ignore everything else. ([Location 109](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07DBRBP7G&location=109)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - The key to thriving in our high-tech world, they’ve learned, is to spend much less time using technology. ([Location 123](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07DBRBP7G&location=123)) - attention resistance—a loosely organized movement of individuals who use high-tech tools and strict operating procedures to extract value from the products of the digital attention economy, while avoiding falling victim to compulsive use. ([Location 146](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07DBRBP7G&location=146))