Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns

Sep 5, 2022

01:36:26

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Aligning Systems with Human Brain Function

00:33

The Productivity Dragon

01:23

The Passion Hypothesis

02:20

You Don't Want Feedback From Social Networks, but Trusted Friends

01:33

Introduction

2min

The New Form for Submitting Questions on the Show

3min

The Pandemic

2min

Will Four Day Work Weeks Solve Burn Out?

2min

Is the Four Day Work Week a Good Solution to the Burn Out?

2min

Knowledge Work to Work Week

4min

Is There a Work Year for Knowledge Workers?

4min

How to Keep Your Four Day Work Week?

5min

Facing the Productivity Dragon

5min

10.

Writing in the Summer

3min

11.

Slow Productivity - Principle Number Two

2min

12.

The Passion Hypothesis - Follow Your Passion

4min

13.

Follow Your Bliss

4min

14.

Fixed Scheduled Productivity

3min

15.

How Do You Know When It's Time to Stop, Pause on Something?

5min

16.

The Future of Work Fugue

2min

17.

The Future of Computer Graphics

4min

18.

The End of Consumer Electronics as a Hardware Business

2min

19.

Living Your Life in a Deeper Way

3min

20.

I'd Better Read a James Bond Book

5min

21.

Washington Goes to War by David Brinkley

6min

22.

How to Get More Life Insurance?

5min

23.

Is There a Need for a Smart Watch?

5min

24.

The Speedmaster Is a Nice Analogue Piece of Engineering

2min

25.

You Don't Want Feedback From Social Networks

3min

26.

The Crazy Professor Phenomenon

2min

27.

I Think It's a Mixed Bag

2min

28.

I Think It's a Great Example of a Super Star Academic

5min

- Deep Dive: Will 4-Day Weeks Solve Burnout? [7:01]

- How do I know if I’m doing too much? [24:03]
- Who invented the idea to “follow your passion”? [34:11]
- How can an ER doctor manage his schedule? [41:46]
- CALL: How do you know when it’s time to rest? [45:48]
- Nerd Alert: Is the future of computing more local? [49:59]

- Books Cal read in August 2022 [59:31]

- CALL: What watch does Cal use? [1:16:51]
- How do I create a Feedback Council? [1:25:04]
- Did Jordan Peterson and Bret Weinstein get weirder after leaving academia? [1:28:06]

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

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns

Aligning Systems with Human Brain Function

The Productivity Dragon

The Passion Hypothesis

You Don't Want Feedback From Social Networks, but Trusted Friends

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