Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University. He has published several books for broad audiences. His most recent one, Digital Minimalism, introduces a contemporary philosophical movement that deserves significant attention. In Digital Minimalism, Newport first introduces this new philosophy, “digital minimalism.” Its antithesis, digital maximalism, refers to the philosophy of accumulating as many advantages as possible from digital technology. Digital maximalists download mobile applications that they do not want or need, and they check them frequently out of fear of missing opportunities. The philosophy of digital maximalism, which many people live by unknowingly, holds that anything Read more