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.
- Book01
Digital Minimalism — Cal Newport
The foundational text for choosing a focused life in a noisy world.
- Book02
How to Do Nothing — Jenny Odell
An argument for resisting the attention economy by paying attention to where you actually are.
- Book03
The Shallows — Nicholas Carr
On what the internet is doing to our brains — and what we can still take back.
- Essay04
Bowling Alone, Scrolling Together — The New Atlantis
Why the loss of small social rituals leaves us more alone than connected.
- Site05
Center for Humane Technology
Research, talks, and tools from former tech insiders trying to undo what they built.
- Site06
Smartphone Free Childhood
A grassroots movement of parents delaying smartphones for their kids.
- Tool07
Light Phone
An instrument for communication, not consumption. Calls, texts, and very little else.
- Tool08
Dumbphone Finder
A directory of minimalist phones for people ready to step further out.
- Podcast09
The Gray Area — Why we can't put down our phones
A long, calm conversation with the people studying what attention costs.