Digital Minimalism on Daniel Lyons

I Heard You Don't Like Netflix...

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Another day, another cancel culture campaign. Who is the target this time? On X, Elon Musk told his followers to “cancel Netflix for the health of your kids”. Well sure you can choose to follow that or not, but there’s plenty of other reasons to cancel Netflix already. How about the mountains of cash you’ll be saving over time? How about the even bigger mountain of time you’ll be saving? How about the ever increasing monthly fees? Maybe it’s not so great to buy from the company that literally invented binge-watching. While you’re at it, why don’t you cancel Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, and all them other money-suckers?

Death to Inboxes

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Unshackle yourself from the tyranny of the inbox.

You will never be able to keep up with all the messages demanding your attention, and that is okay.

Inbox zero is a scam and a plague. It teaches us that we can somehow achieve a state of perfect organization and control over our digital lives, if only we would follow its rules. It promises zen and peace, only to be immediately flooded by the deluge of more meaningless messages to fight for your attention. What do you honestly gain from inbox zero? A warm fuzzy feeling? Bragging rights? No. What you really gain is the satisfaction of knowing that you achieved a metric that provides no actual value to your life.