Ep. 307: Ultra-Processed Content

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Why are we comfortable with the idea that ultra-processed foods are bad for us but feel somehow anti-technology to say something similar about the ultra-processed content generated by social media platforms. In this episode, Cal draws analogy to the food system to find a more sustainable and practical way to repair our relationship with various forms of media. He then answers questions and calls, shares an inspiring case study, and, due to popular request, gives his opinion on Jonathan Haidt’...

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions.
0:15.0	So if you're new on this show we tackle the promises and perils of technology.
0:27.6	There's three main topics we deal with, digital knowledge work,
0:30.9	understanding and coping with new tech, and cultivating a deep life.
0:35.4	I'm here in my deep work HQ joined as always by my producer Jesse.
0:39.6	Jesse, today's theme, today's deep dive is going to come from that second topic,
0:45.1	classic topic of ours, grappling with new technology,
0:48.7	understanding how they affect us and figuring out
0:51.2	new ways to get around it.
0:52.8	So I'm looking forward to it.
0:53.6	Kind of back to some more of our tech roots.
0:56.6	Yeah, I like that.
0:57.4	I mean, we're dealing with, to give you a little bit more of a hint here,
0:59.6	this is going to be dealing with specifically distracting
1:02.4	digital content that might take up more of your time
1:04.8	than you like and a new way of thinking about how to deal with it.
1:09.2	So hopefully it'll be fun.
1:10.2	We got some questions, we got a call, we got a case study all in this general theme, and then as a final segment by popular demand, I will give you my thoughts on John Heights massive bestseller, The Anxious Generation.
1:26.0	So we'll get to that later as well.
1:28.0	So Jesse, it's a little bit quieter in here now.
1:30.0	I guess the audience should know we had a photo shoot at the HQ
1:35.0	before and I think those were the first photos that have been shot in the
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