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When I started working in the field of social media and as a creator, I remember I spent almost 10 hours on social media. At the end of the day, I just couldn’t see the apps. Later I tried and learned how to use these apps mindfully and less. Well, I keep my notifications off. The first thing I do when I install any app is turn off the notifications. It helps me a lot.

Authors Nandannilekani and Tanuj.b in their book The Art of Bitfulness published by @penguinindia shares about how one can keep calm in the digital world. It helps us in creating healthy boundaries when it comes to the floodgates of the internet.

The authors share about why our technology limits us rather than liberates us, how one can spend time on our devices better, dealing with distractions and how one can make use better use of technology.

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The practical examples shared by them, and the practical approach makes this book interesting. From The productivity tricks, to setting up the communication mode (which was really helpful), using technology mindfully when connecting with others online, how to reclaim your privacy, How the constant onslaught of information affects our mental peace and how we can control it and change our relationship with the internet.
and it has many such interesting concepts.

It also talks about cryptocurrencies, digital mode of payments, India’s digital approach and the digital infrastructure we create and its influence over our lives.
I loved the example of Sharad Sharma of iSPIRT, how he was inspired by Azim Premji.

The tips and tricks shared by the authors are to the point. A brilliant and well-researched book that one could connect to. The examples they shared are inspiring and encourage us to bring small changes in our routine that can make our lives better.

Overall, It’s an interesting read that you will enjoy.

Summary

Digital is inevitable. Disconnecting is impractical. The Art of Bitfulness is a book on how to live with our devices, not how to live without them.What is Bitfulness?Bitfulness is being effortlessly mindful of your technology.In this short, practical book, Nandan Nilekani and Tanuj Bhojwani describe a framework to tune out the overwhelming noise of the internet. They empower you with tools to take back your time, attention and privacy from those who want to capture and sell it. They reveal their own personal systems, and how they stay on top of a constant flow of information. This book doesn’t believe our excessive screen time usage is a personal failing. The internet creates winner-take-all market conditions, which in turn create an attentional race to the bottom. It doesn’t have to be this way.The book covers how we, as a collective, can take back control of our future. The authors even analyse the promise of web3 & cryptocurrencies to see where that alternative will take us.The reason to read this book is simple: If you don’t design your technology around your life, someone else will design your life around their technology.’Unlike many other books written about this toxic relationship, however, this one is by two people who love technology very much and are fascinated by its power to do good-and yet, are cognizant of the ways in which technology can overwhelm us.’Shrabonti Bagchi, HT Mint

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