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Lex Fridman PodcastCal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166
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EPISODE INFO
- Released
- March 5, 2021
- Duration
- 3h 3m
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Cal Newport is a computer scientist who also writes about productivity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS: A World Without Email (book): https://amzn.to/3blXyjv Deep Work (book): https://amzn.to/3c0npMM Digital Minimalism (book): https://amzn.to/3kJPMmx Cal's Website: https://www.calnewport.com/ Deep Questions (podcast): https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:15 - Deep work 7:00 - Focus 12:43 - Time blocking 19:38 - Deadlines 29:13 - Do less, do better, know why 31:55 - Clubhouse 45:58 - Burnout 52:25 - Boredom 1:00:10 - Quit social media for 30 days 1:10:04 - Social media 1:35:12 - How email destroyed our productivity at work 1:44:57 - How we fix email 1:51:59 - Over-optimization 1:56:14 - When to use email and when not to 2:03:57 - Podcasting 2:08:33 - Alan Turing proving the impossible 2:12:32 - Fragility of math in the face of randomness 2:21:21 - Neural networks 2:30:06 - What will the P=NP proof look like? 2:33:46 - Is math discovered or invented? 2:37:53 - Book publishing 2:47:59 - Love 2:51:21 - Death 2:54:17 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:
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Lex Fridman
hostCal Newport
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and Cal Newport, Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166 explores Cal Newport Explains Deep Work, Email Overload, And Digital Minimalism Cal Newport and Lex Fridman explore the concept of deep work—long, undistracted focus on cognitively demanding tasks—as the core driver of meaningful productivity, learning, and life satisfaction.
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