
Cal Newport on Digital Technology, Distraction and Focus
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
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The Importance of Focus in Deep Work
Deep work is the being able to intensely focus and get quality work done. If you're constantly trying to achieve getting into the zone of doing deep work but you are then also constantly stimulated your brain is never having a rest. The human species evolved to crave real-world analog interaction with other humans and physical leisure activity or physical activities where essentially you can see your will it's saturated in the world so this thing is broken i used my hands this thing is fixed okay.
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