Cal Newport — The Pursuit of Craftsmanship, The Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Challenge

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Cal Newport (calnewport.com) is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University who previously earned his PhD from MIT. His scholarship focuses on the theory of distributed systems while his general-audience writing explores intersections of culture and technology.

Cal is the author of seven books, including, most recently, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. He is also a contributing writer for The New Yorker and the host of the Deep Questions podcast.

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00:00 Start
01:19 A lesson from Steve Martin
04:38 On living “the deep life”
7:13 Study Hacks and book deals
20:10 What was Cal’s focus in high school and college?
23:01 Developing a writing style
30:32 On writing humor
36:08 Fresh thoughts on slow productivity
43:01 Contemporaries who have mastered slow productivity
50:41 Resisting Facebook and social media
55:14 Crafting the lives we desire
1:02:50 Integrating seasonality
1:10:27 Fans of Scrivener
1:13:57 Trello for organizing tasks
1:20:02 Books in the “anti-productivity” category
1:25:33 Who was John Newport?
1:28:20 Paul Tillich and being a concentration apologist
1:30:38 Matters of the soul
1:40:41 Finding the spiritual in craft and creation
1:45:16 Exploring spirituality
1:52:57 Cal’s 30-day digital minimalism declutter
2:01:57 Cal’s end-of-day shutdown ritual
2:04:06 Parting thoughts

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