Ep.147: Why Did I Never Join Social Media?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Self-improvement, Technology, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:- Are some people more suited for deep work than others? [4:54]- How do I tame post-shutdown excitement? [8:33]- How to I deal with ambiguous deep work? [14:41]- Can you (Cal) elaborate on the Friction/Flow/Finalization project pathway? [17:41] - How do you time-block plan in a company obsessed with last minute meetings? [23:21]DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:- Are you (Cal) a control freak? [41:16]- What have you (Cal) learned from the pandemic? [45:07]- Would you (Cal) do your CS research and writing if you couldn’t share it? [51:54]- How did you (Cal) never get tempted to join a social media platform? [56:11]- Is the monastic life the ultimate deep life? [59:24]Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:01.9	I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep West Gets episode 147.
2:07.9	Before we dive into the meat of today's episode, I do have a dilemma that I want your opinion
2:19.6	on. It's a dilemma that has to do with my reading. So as we talk about on this show quite
2:25.4	a bit, I have a real commitment to the reading life. I think it's important to read a lot.
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