For the Deep Life

The Library

Books to live with, essays to underline, sites to visit once and remember. A short shelf, not a feed.

Curated, not collected.

Nine entries. Read one slowly, not all of them quickly. The point isn't to consume more about attention — it's to spend more.

  1. Book01

    Digital MinimalismCal Newport

    The foundational text for choosing a focused life in a noisy world.

  2. Book02

    How to Do NothingJenny Odell

    An argument for resisting the attention economy by paying attention to where you actually are.

  3. Book03

    The ShallowsNicholas Carr

    On what the internet is doing to our brains — and what we can still take back.

  4. Essay04

    Bowling Alone, Scrolling TogetherThe New Atlantis

    Why the loss of small social rituals leaves us more alone than connected.

  5. Site05

    Center for Humane Technology

    Research, talks, and tools from former tech insiders trying to undo what they built.

  6. Site06

    Smartphone Free Childhood

    A grassroots movement of parents delaying smartphones for their kids.

  7. Tool07

    Light Phone

    An instrument for communication, not consumption. Calls, texts, and very little else.

  8. Tool08

    Dumbphone Finder

    A directory of minimalist phones for people ready to step further out.

  9. Podcast09

    The Gray Area — Why we can't put down our phones

    A long, calm conversation with the people studying what attention costs.