Ep. 356: How Much Should We Work?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The data shows knowledge workers really are more exhausted and more prone to burnout than ever before. But why? In this episode, Cal draws inspiration from an unlikely source to help unpack this troubling trend and then suggest a perhaps radical solution. He then answers listeners’ questions and discusses his latest New Yorker article on the challenges of taming AI. As a bonus, he briefly discusses Cal Network’s new bestselling book.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating depth in a distracted world.
0:23.0	So I'm hearing my deep work, HQ, joined as always, by my producer, Jesse.
0:30.0	We got a good show ahead of us, Jesse.
0:32.9	We got a deep dive coming up where I'm going to comment on digital work,
0:37.3	drawing from a decidedly pre-digital source.
0:41.8	Got a bunch of good questions.
0:45.1	Look at it now.
0:45.8	They're very career focused today.
0:47.6	Yeah.
0:48.0	It's kind of nice.
0:48.5	It's like it's not really what the deep dive's about, but our questions in case study today, if you're thinking about applying the ideas of the depth principle and career capital to try to take control, like deep life type stuff, you will
0:58.9	like our questions today.
1:00.2	And then we have a final segment where I'll be talking about my latest New Yorker article.
1:03.3	We'll do a tech corner segment on it.
1:05.6	Just had an article come out last week about AI.
1:08.3	So we'll get into that article. As a special bonus for those who make it to the third segment of the show, I am also
1:15.5	excited to share CalNEC work has a new book out.
1:20.3	It's doing really well.
1:22.3	I'll show you.
1:23.3	We have a cover and everything.
1:24.4	So that's something to wait for.
1:25.7	Look forward to in the third segment.
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