5/10/2023 0 Comments Newport digital minimalism![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Slow Media movement is still mostly European in the US, the response has proved more puritanical. ![]() Their suggestion: We can embrace the concept of “slow.” In an age in which the digital attention economy is shoveling more and more clickbait toward us and fragmenting our focus into emotionally charged shards, the right response is to become more mindful in our media consumption. Following the Slow Food movement - which promotes local food and cuisine as an alternative to fast food - the Slow Media Manifesto notes that the first decade of the 21st century “brought profound changes to the technological foundations of the media landscape.” The second decade, it proposes, should be dedicated to figuring out the “appropriate reaction.” In 2010, a trio of Germans with backgrounds in sociology, technology and market research posted a document titled “ Das Slow Media Manifest” (the English translation is “ The Slow Media Manifesto”). Are you ready to join the attention resistance? Stocksy Digital minimalist Cal Newport shows how you can turn off the information firehose and follow current events on your own terms. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |