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Episode 276: Do You Even Lift?

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Business, Society & Culture, Barriers, Dan Benjamin, Careers, Communication, Merlin Mann, Creativity, Work, Productivity, Constraints, Technology

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2016

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

TOPIC: Merlin's never sent his heartbeat.

This week, Dan and Merlin talk about some of this week's WWDC announcements, the past and future of Apple, and that awkward feeling of wondering whether and when new technology is personally relevant.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Good morning.

0:03.0

Hi, good afternoon, Dan. How are you?

0:04.5

I'm doing well. How's everything?

0:06.0

And everything is fine.

0:08.0

Good.

0:09.0

Oh, I went out last night.

0:13.0

I saw. I saw a tweet. You were talking about

0:15.0

how much fun you had with millennials.

0:17.0

All the millennials. Yeah, they were great.

0:19.0

I had a wonderful time. I drank all of the drinks.

0:23.0

Yes.

0:24.0

And I met so many nice people.

0:28.0

And I got my picture taken a bunch of times.

0:31.0

It was really nice.

0:32.0

It was really, really nice.

0:34.0

I got to tell you, it's nice to get to meet people that you like

0:38.0

Edad Meyer. And to meet new people, you didn't know you liked

0:40.0

Edad Meyer. And I genuinely love it.

0:42.0

It was really super fun.

0:44.0

I don't do that or get to do that or want to do that that much.

0:46.0

But when I do, it's always a joy.

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