How to Be a Digital Minimalist in 2026

Back in 2019, Cal published one of the first books arguing that we rethink our personal relationship with online tools. Can his advice still work in an age of TikTok and ChatGPT? In today’s episode, Cal dives deep into the r/DigitalMinimalism sub-reddit to see what advice contemporary digital minimalists are following and offers his own thoughts and recommendations. More from Cal Download Cal’s FREE guide to cultivating a deeper life: calnewport.com/ideas Learn more about Cal’s books: calnewport.com/books Listen to Cal’s podcast: thedeeplife.com/listen Chapters (0:00) Can I be a Digital Minimalist in 2026? (39:13) How can I capture notes if I’m land lining? (40:39) For cognitive fitness, is it better to be handwriting or typing? (42:07) A note on art museum visits (43:46) Reactions to an article about AI and software engineering (49:39) What the Deep Life really is (50:46) What Cal read (52:08) What Cal watched Resources Mentioned:    • Cal Newport On Why You Should Quit Social ...     / digitalminimalism     / for_the_past_2_years_ive_been_living_like_...     / three_years_of_digital_minimalism_the_rewi...     / limited_my_14f_screen_time_to_3_hours_a_da...     / where_do_you_still_find_human_curation     / deciding_once_instead_of_every_morning_is_the     / ran_a_30day_intentional_solitude_experiment   https://www.normaltech.ai/p/why-ai-ha... Sponsors: https://www.vanta.com/deepquestions https://www.drinklmnt.com/deep https://www.expressvpn.com/deep https://www.wealthfront.com/deep Cal Newport is not a Wealthfront client. Credits: Podcast Production: Jesse Miller Newsletter/Research: Nate Mechler Theme Music: Jay Kerstens