About This Book
Digital Exhaustion (2025) explores how everyday digital tools quietly drain your energy by fragmenting attention, distorting social inferences, and amplifying emotional strain. It lays out eight practical rules for reshaping how you use technology so you can reduce burnout, regain focus, and turn your devices into a source of support rather than exhaustion.
Who Should Read This?
- Busy professionals overwhelmed by digital communication and tools
- Leaders and HR teams shaping health tech cultures
- Students and lifelong learners struggling with distraction and burnout
About the Author
Paul Leonardi chairs the department of Technology Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he researches how digital technologies, data, and social networks reshape work. A best-selling author and expert on digital transformation, he also advises organizations such as Google, Microsoft, General Motors, and Discover on how to use new tools without burning people out. His other publications include The Digital Mindset, Car Crashes without Cars, Technology Choices, and Materiality and Organizing.
