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Ep. 119: Does Accomplishment Require Overload?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Worst Enemies of Focus and Deep Work Are Computers as Multi Tools
The ability for computers to do lots of different things is a benefit, but also a liability. When i'm on this computer doing x, i can also be doing w, y and z, and those are right there. And that is not congu t with the human brain, which is much better doing one thing at a time. So so bespoke tools have that advantage. Then i'm now going over and putting this tool away. I'm going to go get this tool and fire it up. This is the thing i'm doing. That's the cognitive context i'm setting. And i'm all focused on that. But you have to know what the villain is and what the
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