I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions.

So if you're new on this show we talk about navigating the promises and perils of new technology.

There's three topics we typically touch on. One is understanding new technologies how it impacts us what to do about it. Two

is digital knowledge work, how to survive that world of workplace distractions and three we talk about how to

cultivate systematically a deep life rather as a bulwark against these

distractions I'm here in my deep work HQ joined as always by my producer Jesse Jesse I think today we have a deep dive that is going to tackle a topic within digital

knowledge work a sort of classic for us here how do you thrive in a world

of work that is increasingly frenetic and distracting.

We're going to actually react to something that someone I really like said about something I said it's a whole back and forth. It's going to be like a really friendly nerdy version of the

Drake who was Drake feuding with? I don't know.

The thought of me comparing myself to Drake is making you laugh, Jesse.

Well, I was thinking about Kanya West, but...

It's not Kanya West.

It's Drake and someone. They're having this big rap feud. So like

it's basically imagine that feud but involving me in Oliver Berkman and also it's not a feud and I agree with them.

But with interestingly Jesse just as much rap that's my whole deep dive is going to be wrapped

no that's a weird analogy but anyways we, we got a interesting deep dive, do some

dialectical investigations. Then we got ourselves some questions. And a final segment that involves,

I'll preview it for you now. It involves a surprise appearance of the Deep Questions podcast at a pretty well known event.

So we'll get into that later. All right, I think that's all we have.

Did you find out who Drake was feuding with?

I didn't look it up.

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