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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 180: CALLS: Four Day Weeks Aren’t Enough

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Education, Self-improvement, Technology

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.Video from today’s episode:  https://youtube.com/calnewportmedia- Article challenging Cal’s take on productivity. [17:07]- Alternatives to Cal’s career capital theory. [29:58]- Cal’s thoughts on shorter work weeks. [37:53]- Obsessive reading.  [51:59]Thanks to our Sponsors:PolicyGenius: policygenius.comWorkable: workable.com/podcastExpressVPN: expressvpn.com/deepAthletic Green: athleticgreens.com/deepThanks 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Count Newport, and this is DeepQuestions, episode 180.

0:21.6

I'm here in my DeepWork HQ, joined with my producer, Jesse.

0:29.1

Jesse, ominous sign happened just the other day.

0:34.5

My oldest son asked us if we would set up a Zoom conference

0:42.1

for him and some of his school buddies,

0:44.9

because they're setting up a business, the cell Pokemon cards.

0:49.0

And so they needed to do a Zoom meeting.

0:52.2

And so I thought the tentacles, the heart numbing,

0:57.7

deadening tentacles that is doing meetings on Zoom,

1:02.0

work meetings on Zoom would not extend past us to our kids,

1:04.9

but they have.

1:05.7

Now my own son is setting up on his own accord,

1:09.3

the things that have tortured us for the last two years,

1:11.7

which is Zoom-based business meetings.

1:15.4

So I think that's an ominous sign.

1:17.2

If he starts sending me calendar invites,

1:19.9

moving to a farm.

1:21.5

That's it.

1:23.9

It doesn't have to be exposed.

1:25.1

He's too pure to be exposed to the humanities

1:27.9

of the world of digital remote work.

1:33.2

Speaking of farm, so I read last week

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