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Back to SearchEp. 352: It’s Okay to Slow Down
Episode 352
When we think about important accomplishments, we think about grinding through long hours of work. But is this really necessary? In this episode, Cal…
10 months ago
Ep. 351: Making the Internet Good Again
Episode 351
Tyler Cowen recently wrote an article arguing that spending lots of time online is in fact a good thing. In this episode, Cal looks deeper at Cowen’s…
10 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 350: Is Inbox Zero Possible?
Episode 350
The white whale of modern productivity discourse is achieving an empty email inbox; a goal state that’s often referred to simply as “inbox zero.” In …
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 349: Sam Altman On Productivity
Episode 349
Cal talks a lot about his ideas for producing meaningful work in a distracted world. But how do other people tackle this goal? To help better under t…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)
In this episode of IN-DEPTH, Cal is joined by David Dewane, the architect responsible for the “eudaimonia machine” featured in DEEP WORK. In this wid…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 348: Manage Your Time in 5 Minutes a Day
Episode 348
Cal has been writing about time management for a *long* time. In this episode, he returns to a chapter from a book he wrote twenty years ago that is …
11 months ago
Ep. 347: The Forgotten Phone Harms
Episode 347
Phones have been receiving a lot of criticism recently, but what if these concerns are missing the mark? In this episode, Cal introduces the differen…
11 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 346: Getting Smarter in a Dumb World
Episode 346
In last week’s episode, Cal discussed data that indicate that the rise of the smartphones is making humans measurably dumber. Here he discusses aggre…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 345: Are We Getting Dumber?
Episode 345
Multiple listeners recently sent in a Financial Times article that asks whether humans have passed “peak intelligence.” In this episode, Cal looks cl…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 344: You Are Not a Cog
Episode 344
Modern knowledge work jobs should be cushy gigs. Fixed hours, air conditioning, no hard manual labor, flexibility. So why are we so often burnt out a…
11 months, 3 weeks ago