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Ep. 222: Did Cavemen Use To-Do Lists?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Immediate Return Economy
In most hunter-gatherer context, the reward for a food gathering effort was immediate. That of course is quite different than the way work unfolds in modern knowledge work. When we answer an email or attend a meeting, we're typically advancing in fits and starts long term projects that may be weeks or months away from completion. The modern knowledge worker also tends to juggle many different objectives at the same time.
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