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Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The Push Towards Computation in Knowledge Work

Building revenue off of the sheer quality of what comes out of a brain is difficult in a knowledge work setting./nBusinesses are relying more on computation than cognition, pushing human cognitive agency to the margins of these efforts./nKnowledge work is comfortable when humans are viewed as custodians of computation instead of sinners of original cognition./nThe tech industry is egging on the idea of algorithms reducing cogitation to algorithmic digital computation.

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