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Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Knowledge Work to Work Week

The number of hours you are working, or expected to work, don't necessarily mean a lot. We plug people into the sibernetic hive mind of slack and email and zoom and say, get after it. And we end up with these completely overloaded taskless and ambiguity and stress. So we need more humane and transparent systems. Here's how much we think you should have on your plate at any one time. You have too much, you get nothing more. Well, this is what the mornings are for these days. Are all just concentration meetings? Can only happen in these places,. transparency, so we can see the system and see the work loads and humanity - that's the reform

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