Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (w/ Arthur Brooks)

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Arthur Brooks amerikai bestseller-szerző és Harvard professzor arról beszél, hogy a technológia, különösen az okostelefonok, hogyan súlyosbították az üresség korszakát, amely az 1990-es években kezdődött. A beszélgetés okos stratégiákat is felvázol a célok megtalálására a…

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  1. — INBOX: Tech employees being evaluated through LLM tokens [1:01:49] Can Cal comment on reading digital books? [1:07:35] W
  2. — Deep Work HQ update [1:14:37] Books: Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at c

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Here’s a key question: Did technology like smartphones make us miserable, or were we already miserable and smartphones made it worse?

To help figure out this answer, I talked to Arthur Brooks, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and Harvard professor, about this new book: The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.

In our conversation, Brooks argues that our current Age of Emptiness began in the 1990s, but technology like smartphones and social media made it worse.

We then discuss smart strategies for finding purpose in our current moment.

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Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia INTERVIEW: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (W/ Arthur Brooks) [1:44] INBOX: Tech employees being evaluated through LLM tokens [1:01:49] Can Cal comment on reading digital books? [1:07:35] WHAT CAL IS UP TO: What Cal is reading [1:13:00] Deep Work HQ update [1:14:37] Books: Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? gizmodo.com/tech-employees-are-reportedly-being-evaluated-by-how-fast-they-burn-through-llm-tokens-2000736627 Thanks to our Sponsors: monarch.com (Use code “DEEP”) butcherbox.com/deep drinklmnt.com/deep meetfabric.com/deep Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, Nate Mechler for research and newsletter, and Mark Miles for mastering.

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