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    Explore the benefits of digital minimalism and deep work. Learn how detaching from the modern world can fuel creative work and intentional living.

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    Digital asceticism isn't just about 'no tech'—it's about 'intentional tech.' It’s the idea of pushing back against the age as hard as the age pushes against you to reclaim your attention from a dopamine economy.

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    What is the benefits of nearly completely , as it is possible , removing myself from the internet / modern world, and focusing on a great work. I mean I have to work, and that’s in a laptop. But what a plan for cutting out the modern world and choosing somethjng deeper in life. A deeper work, a creative work. What philosophies explore this. Keeping a toe in becasue you have to.. or just completely leaving.

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