"I just don't know how you function," he says. "We live in probably a time in history when objectively people are the nicest to each other." But every atrocity, everything from any little town that would have taken months or weeks to get to you comes to you every day,. And it's unnatural to be exposed to that level of sort of outrage and urgency again and again".
Cal Newport is one of the world’s leading thinkers on how technology affects the way we live, work and think. Cal is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. He is also New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his three latest: A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Cal is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the popular Deep Questions podcast.
In his second appearance on the show, Cal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about how we can improve our workstyles, slow productivity, Elon Musk’s recent purchase of Twitter, and the future of social media.
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