Cal Newport was specifically who I was thinking of when I said “people who don’t understand how useful social media is to me.” And I still think he doesn’t, I’m just now more aware of the cost as well.
I agree that he is very suspicious of the value of social media. But much of Digital Minimalism is written acknowledging that people do extract value from digital interactions (among them social media). It’s simply an approach to extract as much as the benefits as possible while minimizing the costs, which seem like what you want.
Cal Newport was specifically who I was thinking of when I said “people who don’t understand how useful social media is to me.” And I still think he doesn’t, I’m just now more aware of the cost as well.
I agree that he is very suspicious of the value of social media. But much of Digital Minimalism is written acknowledging that people do extract value from digital interactions (among them social media). It’s simply an approach to extract as much as the benefits as possible while minimizing the costs, which seem like what you want.
So I would still recommend that you check it out.
Ah, I have only read Deep Work.