Young people are really quick to shift their interest. There's room for it in a way there wasn't early in the social media revolution where there was three platforms. I still don't buy this vision though that we're going to end up in these massively shared worlds with our helmets on. The metaverse is not going to help any of this. It's going to make it all even worse, don't you think?
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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