Status Updates From Дигитален минимализъм

Ch2, looking from the ground up to determine what technologies actually add more benefit than they subtract from your life, like the Amish & the Mennonites. Digital clutter often mitigates any benefits we'd gain from these technologies in isolation, we need to determine & optimize not just what we use but how we use it, & it feels good to use technology intentionally as opposed to automatically. Diminishing returns

Intro & ch1- social media & modern technology weren’t invented to be harmful, & they have their uses- but at this point they’re carefully funded & designed to automate human behavior. They utilize unpredictable rewards in the form of notifications just when you’re losing interest, & our innate desire to maintain social status & have our “tribe” like us. The bit about tags was rly interesting