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In each bite-sized, daily episode of Before Breakfast, host Laura Vanderkam shares a time management strategy or an answer to a listener’s schedule question. How can listeners make the most of their time, both at work and at home? The mission is to give listeners practical tools to feel less busy and get more done.
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Earlier this fall, the activist, novelist, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth published an anti-technology polemic called “Against the Machine.” To say it hit a nerve is an understatement. In the months that followed, Kingsnorth has been everywhere; profiled, among places, in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and The Atlantic. In today’s episode, I want to find out why Kingsnorth’s take on technology is resonating so strongly. To help me answer this question, I’m joined by the journalist and scholar Tyler Austin Harper, who wrote a great review of Kingsnorth’s book for The Atlantic. We dive deep into Kingsnorth’s ideas and explore what they teach us about our current moment more generally.
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INTERVIEW: Why Is Everyone Talking About “Against the Machine”? (w/ Tyler Austin Harper) [0:00]
- Is the simple awareness of a notification as harmful as full context switching? [1:15:49]
- Is there an “ideal ratio” for consuming information across different mediums? [1:17:12]
- How can I effectively implement your shutdown routine and not keep checking emails? [1:20:21]
- How can I manage my social media obligations with my marketing job? [1:23:52]
CASE STUDY: Reframing a career to utilize career capital [1:26:07]
CALL: Dealing with conflicting views about digital minimalism in a relationship [1:30:21]
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theatlantic.com/books/2025/11/paul-kingsnorth-against-the-machine/684848/
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