Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 153: Why Was Ian Malcom Sent to Jurassic Park?

Dec 6, 2021

01:02:39

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How Do You Apply Deliberate Practice and Deep Work to Socializing?

05:45

How to Live a Deep Life in a World of So Much Information

04:15

How Do I Consume Information About the World?

02:18

Introduction

2min

Do You Have a Reading List?

2min

The Overhead of Luxury Properties

6min

The Science of Chaos Theory by Michael Criton

2min

Social Media

3min

Youow Fast Ball, Curve Ball, and the History of the Sport

2min

I'm Not Mad at Sherzer, and I'm Not Mad at the National State

2min

Do You Count Sometimes Audio Books With I?

6min

Phantom Part Time Jobs - How Do You Manage Your Online Presence When Doing Phantom Jobs?

4min

10.

What Should You Do About Your Phantasy Part Time Job?

2min

11.

The Best Selling Mushroom Coffee for Sigmatics

4min

12.

Do You Revise Your Weekly Time Block Plan?

3min

13.

Do You Have Intention With Your Time Management?

2min

14.

How to Create a Project Based Approach to Content Assumption and Consumption

5min

15.

How Do You Apply Deliberate Practice and Deep Work to Socializing?

6min

16.

How Do I Consume Information About the World?

2min

17.

The Community Bucket System

2min

18.

How to Live a Deep Life in a World of So Much Information

4min

19.

Getting a Master's Degree in Science and the Ability to Write

2min

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

OPENING CHAT: The 5 Books I Read in November (Bonus Rant: Why did Jurassic Park need an assessment from a chaos theoretician?) [2:06]

DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- Is it worth becoming good at skills that you only need short term? [21:51]
- How do I seem present online when working on side projects? [26:43]
- Should I revise my weekly plan if things change? [36:09]
- How should I manage reading I want to do? [39:29]

DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS:

- How can I take a deep approach to networking? [46:21]
- How can I focus on deep work with so much suffering around me? [50:59
- How do I teach my students to not buy into the hyperactive hive-mind? [57:35]
- What’s your (Cal’s) advice for “jack of all trades” people who want to become so good they can’t be ignored? [59:37]

Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, and Mark Miles for mastering.