Digital Minimalism
"This is why clutter is dangerous. It’s easy to be seduced by the small amounts of profit offered by the latest app or service, but then forget its cost in terms of the most important resource we possess: the minutes of our life."
— Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism (2019)
Introduction
| Digital Minimalism | |
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| Full title | Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World |
| Author | Cal Newport |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Technology; Digital well-being; Productivity; Attention; Social media |
| Genre | Nonfiction; Self-help |
| Publisher | Portfolio |
Publication date | 5 February 2019 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback); e-book; audiobook |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0-525-53651-2 |
| Goodreads rating | 4.1/5 (as of 4 November 2025) |
| Website | penguinrandomhouse.com |
Chapter summary
This outline follows the Portfolio hardcover edition (2019; ISBN 978-0-525-53651-2).[1][2] Table of contents verified via library catalogue.[3]
I – Foundations
🗡️ 1 – A Lopsided Arms Race.
🧘 2 – Digital Minimalism.
🧹 3 – The Digital Declutter.
II – Practices
🌲 4 – Spend Time Alone.
🚫👍 5 – Don’t Click “Like.”
🎨 6 – Reclaim Leisure.
🛡️ 7 – Join the Attention Resistance.
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References
- ↑ "Digital Minimalism". Penguin Random House. Portfolio. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ "Digital minimalism: choosing a focused life in a noisy world". WorldCat. OCLC. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ↑ "Digital minimalism — Table of contents". Marmot Library Network. Marmot Library Network. Retrieved 4 November 2025.