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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Importance of Simplicity in Productivity

Ryan: "My default approach is just to avoid new things. If I conclude together something, I'm already working" He says the overhead of trying to optimize technology tools is often worse than having one that works good enough. Scrivener had enough advantages over just using Microsoft Word that it's stuck.

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