Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Do history’s greatest thinkers care about time management? In today’s episode, Cal analyzes the system that the mathematician and philosopher, Kurt Godel, used to structure his days, weeks, and years to produce meaningful work over a long period of time.

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Today’s Deep Question: How do geniuses structure their life? [8:00]

- How do I follow through on the projects I start? [34:33]

- Is creating a deep environment one of the deep life buckets? [42:14]

- How do I find examples of my ideal lifestyle? [48:24]

- Should I switch jobs, I’m bored (but effective)? [59:20]

CAL REACTS: The ReMarkable 2 tablet. Is it worth it? [1:11:57]

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions, the show about living and working deeply in
0:06.6	a distracted world.
0:09.5	So I'm up here in the Deep Work HQ North in Hanover, New Hampshire, joined in the Deep
0:18.4	Work HQ South by my producer, Jesse.
0:23.6	Jesse, how's it going down there?
0:24.9	What is the weather I am missing in Washington, D.C. right now?
0:29.5	Yesterday, it was 90 degrees and with high, high humidity.
0:36.2	Well, I'm not going to say I miss that too much.
0:39.0	I think the high tomorrow is 78.
0:41.4	We did have some humidity up here with this unstable system of rain, but that's passed.
0:46.3	I forgot what low humidity New England summer is like, spoiler alert.
0:51.7	It is very good.
0:53.7	So I thought I would just check in briefly.
0:55.2	Okay, what have I learned so far, living up here in New England in this very scenic college
1:02.2	town of Hanover, where Dartmouth College is, living right off campus on Ockham Pond
1:06.3	and this cool house they put us up in, where I am right now looking past the camera and
1:12.1	out a large arched window onto a pond with pine trees beyond it.
1:19.6	So the question is, this is a question I had coming into this experience.
1:23.2	How much is location going to make a difference?
1:26.1	Will I really feel when in the day, the actual work is work, writing is on the same computer
1:30.2	screen as it is in D.C.
1:32.2	I'm in a classroom just like I would be in D.C.
	...

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