A World Without Email Part Two
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 21 August 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
This weekend I'm so excited to welcome back Cal Newport to the show, who joins us to talk about his latest book, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload.
Modern knowledge workers communicate constantly. Their days are defined by a relentless barrage of incoming messages and back-and-forth digital conversations, a state of constant, anxious chatter in which nobody can disconnect, and so nobody has the cognitive bandwidth to perform substantive work.
There was a time when tools like email felt cutting edge, but a thorough review of current evidence reveals that the "hyperactive hive mind" workflow they helped create has become a productivity disaster, reducing profitability and perhaps even slowing overall economic growth.
Equally worrisome, it makes us miserable. Humans are simply not wired for constant digital communication.
We have become so used to an inbox-driven workday that it's hard to imagine alternatives.
But they do exist.
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| 0:37.7 | I ordered a coffee, not a pebble over. |
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| 0:44.4 | And you know what it tastes like? Coffee. Great tasting coffee. Simple. |
| 0:48.7 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It's Sunday, August 21st. |
| 0:58.0 | And we are airing the second part of an interview with Cal Newport. |
| 1:02.8 | This was recorded earlier, so don't go too crazy if you think that maybe we're not |
| 1:07.5 | talking about what's happening right this moment. |
| 1:09.4 | But Cal is the author of a world without email. |
| 1:13.1 | Reimagining work in an age of communication over load. |
| 1:17.2 | Mark and I have found so much of Cal's advice really helpful for us and just managing our own |
| 1:23.3 | email, managing our own digital lives, and he has been a great friend to the podcast. |
| 1:28.2 | So here is the second part of our interview with Cal Newport. |
| 1:32.3 | Let's get into some of the ways that we can help people who still exist in these |
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