Cal Newport

Authors & Journalists · Digital Minimalism (book)

Author of Digital Minimalism, part of the wider tech-criticism reading list behind this library's case against unchecked platform design.

Cal Newport is part of the secondary tier of technology critics the Evidence Library draws on for wider context. His book, Digital Minimalism, is grouped among a broader body of critical writing making the case for a more deliberate, limited relationship with digital tools. Alongside Jaron Lanier, Roger McNamee, Max Fisher, Adam Alter, Sherry Turkle, and Nicholas Carr, his work rounds out the case this library makes for rethinking how platforms are designed and who they affect.