Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI
This article explores the environmental and mental health benefits of decluttering digital files, emails, and subscriptions. It highlights that excessive digital storage contributes to carbon emissions and suggests that cleaning up digital habits can improve productivity.
Why it matters
As digital infrastructure grows, individual awareness of digital carbon footprints is becoming a relevant aspect of sustainable living.
Endless photo and video streams, bursting inboxes and unread subscriptions all feed the appetite for ever growing digital infrastructure. Endless photo and video streams, bursting inboxes and unread subscriptions all feed the appetite for ever growing digital infrastructure. Change by degrees Datacentres - Australia Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI The average person spends 40% of their waking hours online. Clearing out digital clutter can minimise environmental impacts and boost productivity
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