Ep. 328: Analog Mode

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Technology, Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

There’s a video trending on the internet at the moment arguing that its audience (presumably, young men) should disappear from the world to focus on going “beast mode” on their goals. Cal takes a closer look at this video and argues that it points toward a much larger issue – a mismatch between the modern digital environment and our human brains – that affects all of us. He then answers listener questions and calls and concludes with a tech corner segment. Below are the questions c...

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0:00.0	I'm Cal Newport, and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life
0:17.1	in a distracted world.
0:23.9	So I'm here in my Deep Work HQ, joined as always by my producer Jesse.
0:29.4	Jesse Quick Show update.
0:31.4	You know, we are experimenting with those occasional Thursday Deep Dive episodes.
0:36.0	Is that what we call them?
0:36.5	No, we call them in-depth. In-depth.
0:38.2	In-depth.
0:39.2	Where I have on people to talk about ideas relating to cultivating a deep life.
0:44.2	Anyways, I've scheduled two more for December.
0:46.6	Bad dog?
0:47.4	I can't announce in advance who it's going to be or how many all-time points titles they have won or whether or not
0:57.3	their son also plays in the NBA, but we have a pretty big guest coming on.
1:01.1	A royal guest.
1:02.4	No, it's not LeBron James.
1:03.8	But anyways, I liked them.
1:05.0	So we have a couple more coming up.
1:06.1	I want them to come out in December.
1:07.6	So stay tuned for those.
1:09.1	I'll tell you, here's my rule for those. It's why I like about this being just like an occasional episode.
1:13.4	I literally just think, who do I want to talk to?
1:18.5	Right.
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