229. Deep Work
When you think of "being productive," you probably imagine some variation of rise-and-grind. But Cal Newport's theory of Deep Work suggests, if we want to maximize productivity, maybe we should try to cultivate some room for quiet, uninterrupted thinking.
Links for the Curious -
Deep Work, by Cal Newport - https://www.betterworldbooks.com/prod...
The 3-Hour Fields Medal: A Slow Productivity Case Study - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/...
John McPhee’s Slow Productivity - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/...
Cal Newport Review: Email Broke the Office. Here's How to Fix It | GQ - https://www.gq.com/story/cal-newport-...
Lessons of the Financial Crisis: The Dangers of Short-Termism - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2011/...
Overthrowing the Tyranny of Quarterly Capitalism | Fox Business - https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/...
On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs (Graeber, 2013) - https://libcom.org/article/phenomenon...
To save the world, we’re going to have to stop working (Graeber, 2020) - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/libra...
Task Switching Test (thanks Xob!) - https://www.psytoolkit.org/experiment...