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Episode 283: Cognition to Completion

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

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2016

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dan and Merlin continue their series on updates, talking about the evolution of electronic task management in their lives. Hint: simplify, simplify.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:02.0

Hello.

0:03.0

Hi, Dan.

0:04.0

How are you?

0:05.0

I'm good.

0:06.0

Pretty good.

0:07.0

I could probably use one more coffee, but I think I can soldier through.

0:14.0

All right.

0:15.0

I mean, you want to make one?

0:16.0

We can wait.

0:17.0

No.

0:18.0

No, this people next door banging, so it's already going to be really loud.

0:21.0

Oh, man.

0:22.0

They're just assembling an art studio.

0:24.0

Really?

0:25.0

Yeah.

0:26.0

What's going in there?

0:27.0

I don't know.

0:28.0

I mean, bubble tea.

0:29.0

Just the safe assumption that that's all going handies.

0:34.0

You know, just usual civic improvement.

0:40.0

Right.

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