Digital Technologies Must Disappear in 2017
Almost a year ago, I wrote these words, "T echnology has reached the tipping point for me, it moved from a help to a hindrance." The plethora of adrenaline and endorphin inducing mobile apps, 24x7 news, notifications, alerts and updates, drip fed my brain and hindered my "deep work and deep thoughts." In Cal Newport's new book titled, "Deep Work" he posits that most knowledge workers need concentration and substantial time, dedicated and uninterrupted, to produce their best work. He argues that a lot of technologies and open office layouts today inhibit creativity, "deep work" and "deep thoughts," and are the very things that are most highly valued, and one of the key differentiators between humans and robots. Newport argues that we must understand and optimize the conditions that enable our brains to work best. To sum up his argument, constant drip feeding technologies serve to prevent deep thoughts and deep work, our m