新聞/文章  April 6, 2025

The Return of Dumb Things: MP3 Player, Digitcal Camera

Caitlin Begg, a sociologist and founder at Authentic Social, tells Yahoo Life that she is a part of the movement herself. She’s a New York City-based researcher and podcaster, but relies heavily on a landline she bought off eBay for communication.

She describes digital minimalism as “a focus on the more analog parts of everyday life” where tech is only used when necessary. Legacy technology, however, plays a large part in it. “[Older systems] allow people to focus on one activity at a time, instead of being overrun by algorithms and spending hours on a smartphone,” says Begg. So, phones are used to call and text, while listening to music is reserved for a Walkman.

Cal Newport, a computer scientist and author who writes about the intersection of technology and productivity, is largely credited with the concept after releasing the book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. He previously blogged about his criticism of “our culture’s increasingly Orwellian allegiance to social media.” He acknowledged that there should be a solution other than turning off notifications or ridding yourself of these technologies altogether.

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