Cal Newport talks about the art of thinking. The art of thinking – plain, old fashioned, hard concentration on useful ideas – is rapidly vanishing as our culture recasts humans as the custodians and recipients of digital computation. In this episode, Cal explains why this is a problem and what we should do in response. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #164DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Links: Edward Teller talking about John Von Neumann (https://www.youtube.com/watcv=vQp70uqsBV4#t=55m0s) Aristotle on “philosophic wisdom.” See book 10, section 7 of The Ethics: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.7.vii.html Arnold Bennet on training concentration (See chapter 7 of How to Live on 24 Hours a Day): https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2274/pg2274-images.html Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.huel.com/questions https://www.rhone.come/cal https://www.hensonshaving.com/cal https://www.mybodytutor.com Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast