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Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
The Future of Knowledge Work
I've been thinking a lot about the intersection of artificial intelligence and work recently. How do we use tools to speed up or simplify or expand what humans can do? So I'm going to even introduce a term called cybernetic productivity this is a huge topic of the last 20 years as intersection of digital technology and Productivity has led to this notion of Cybernetic productivity. Here's my critique when it comes to the specific slice of the economy that we so often talk about on the show which is knowledge work. Why doesn't cybernetic productivity work? We're going to learn something about how we might better organize work. Let us know in the comments below if you have any ideas for future topics
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