I'm Cal Newport and this is deep questions.

So if you're new, I'm a computer science professor and writer, and on this show we deal with how to navigate the promises and perils of new technology.

Typically our advice falls into one of three categories. One, understanding

how new technology works, how it affects us and what we should do about it. Two, going

deep into the unique challenges of digital era knowledge work and three

how to cultivate a deep life as a bull work against all these distractions and

diversions. Now I'm here in my deep work HQ a bull work against all these distractions and divergence.

I'm here in my deep work HQ joined as always by my producer Jesse.

Jesse I think we have something maybe a first for this show for today's deep dive. I think we're actually going to hit on all three of those categories of advice that we typically do

That's good

Usually we'll focus on one per episode like yeah, we're going to talk about email and knowledge work

We're going to talk about AI what's going with new technology or We're going to talk about email and knowledge work. We're going to talk

about how to do lifestyle-centric planning for deep life. I think we're going to touch one way or

the other on all three, so I am excited about about that I'll tell you it's hard to believe

we're at the three month mark give or take a handful of days to slow

productivity my book coming out. Time goes by fast. It's

fast and slow somehow. I mean it and the one hand it just feels like yesterday that

I was writing this book you know over the summer on the

other hand it feels like I have been talking about this show on podcast since and

I'm being conservative here the late Reagan administration so sort of fast and

slow but you know I'm excited. We're kind of moving

moving out of the phase of doing lots of active publicity and now it's sort of

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