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Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
What's the Alternative?
In computer science, the alternative is quality. Have you produced something that's important, that's really changed the field? That's actually literally speaking what's going to matter. If I could spend two years trying to make an idea right, I would not feel like I was on this treadmill. But it's very difficult to shift over to a model like that because everyone has to shift over together or it doesn't work.
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