235. Digital Minimalism: How To Declutter Your Online Life with Chris Zeunstrom
Thu Jan 29 2026
Most of us don’t realize how much time, money, and mental energy our digital lives are quietly draining from us until we pause: overflowing inboxes, forgotten subscriptions, and hundreds of old online accounts still following us around. In today’s Conversation with Chris Zeunstrom— founder of Yorba.co - we get a Glimpse of a Lighter Digital Future, This isn’t about quitting technology or living in fear of it — it’s about redesigning our relationship with it, and discovering that a calmer, more humane digital life may be closer than we think.Chapters
00:00 – Intro & Welcome
05:21 – Feeling Lighter in a Bloated Digital World
10:00 – Surveillance Capitalism and the Modern Internet
13:20 – Why Digital Clutter and Privacy Actually Matter
16:14 – Cleaning Up 20 Years of Digital Buildup with Yorba
33:16 – Personalized Algorithms and the Cost of Convenience
41:35 – How Digital Cleanup Actually Works in Practice
51:41 – Break
54:46 – Reclaiming Perspective in a Noisy Digital World
01:03:05 – How Platforms Drift From Their Original Intentions
01:12:06 – Power, Incentives, and the Cost of Scale
01:22:05 – Building a More Intentional Digital Future
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Most of us don’t realize how much time, money, and mental energy our digital lives are quietly draining from us until we pause: overflowing inboxes, forgotten subscriptions, and hundreds of old online accounts still following us around. In today’s Conversation with Chris Zeunstrom— founder of Yorba.co - we get a Glimpse of a Lighter Digital Future, This isn’t about quitting technology or living in fear of it — it’s about redesigning our relationship with it, and discovering that a calmer, more humane digital life may be closer than we think.Chapters 00:00 – Intro & Welcome 05:21 – Feeling Lighter in a Bloated Digital World 10:00 – Surveillance Capitalism and the Modern Internet 13:20 – Why Digital Clutter and Privacy Actually Matter 16:14 – Cleaning Up 20 Years of Digital Buildup with Yorba 33:16 – Personalized Algorithms and the Cost of Convenience 41:35 – How Digital Cleanup Actually Works in Practice 51:41 – Break 54:46 – Reclaiming Perspective in a Noisy Digital World 01:03:05 – How Platforms Drift From Their Original Intentions 01:12:06 – Power, Incentives, and the Cost of Scale 01:22:05 – Building a More Intentional Digital Future