Going into November, I wanted to write a sequence of blog posts that would convince people to practice digital intentionality, and show them how to do it.

The theory of change was something like: A lot of people have written books on this topic, and they sometimes work to change people's behavior. But the people who need the message the most aren’t reading books, because they can’t. The only things they read are online, so I should write to them online, on a platform that they’re already on, like Substack.

This was not crazy. But I now feel that it was confused.

Where was I coming from?

Reading Digital Minimalism led me to completely change my life. I was catastrophically miserable, and digital minimalism allowed me to fix that.

This experience filled me with a proselytizing urge. I looked around at my friends and family, and saw them all enslaved to their screens, and I imagined how much happier and more fulfilled they could be if they only got free.

Despite my zealousness (and/or perhaps a little bit because of it), I’ve only had one friend ask me to help them do a digital declutter in the two years [...]

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Outline:

(00:45) Where was I coming from?

(02:20) What do I want?

(02:58) Regulation

(04:02) Digital intentionality at the community level

(04:43) So what now?

(04:58) Community assurance contract

(05:38) More posts!

(05:56) Coaching?

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First published:
December 20th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/e3fwBoBgNhB8DWxDv/digital-intentionality-what-s-the-point

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Digital intentionality: What’s the point?” by mingyuan

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