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Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
I think one of the first things we can do to push back this devaluing of thinking is as individuals reclaim it. Arnold Bennett was worried about with the rise of the suburban knowledge work commuter that people were going to be increasingly alienated from actual thinking. When you leave your house, concentrate your mind on a subject no matter what to begin with. You will not have gone 10 yards before your mind has skipped away under your very eyes and is larking around the corner with another subject. But bring it back by the scruff of the neck. If you reach the station, you will have brought it back about 40 times. Mind control is the first element of a full existence. Aristotle would
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