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Ep 206 – Striving to do less
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Productivity Is a Trap That Happens for Humans
A trap that happens for humans, especially those who are ambitious, is that striving feels good. There's an evolutionary advantage to the human drive to make a long term plan and see if it works. But in our current context of low friction digital communication and digital media we're bombarded with example after example of people succeeding at higher and higher levels. We need to be more hard on ourselves about each wasted moment. Because as it leads to ultimate frustrationwewewe become obsessed with productivity. It can't get it all done.We need to optimize more. Weneed to get rid of the fat in our system. We needto be more efficient. I think one thing just happens,
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