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Ep. 151: Should you move to the country?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The story of mc kibbon and his move to the woods resonated with me. He got really good at writing first, that gave him the ability to live very nmously. But if you're a professor, or a computer gramm or an i t, specialist, or you run a small start-up, you can't do any of this stuff without being near an office. The idea of moving somewhere remote to live a simple life wasn't on the table because their profession wasn't amenable to it. That is changed now as more people have ubiquitous internet connectivity. If you lose most of the benefits of moving away from your job in favor of something less scenic than before,

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