Here’s a key question: Did technology like smartphones make us miserable, or were we already miserable and smartphones made it worse? To help figure out this answer, I talked to Arthur Brooks, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, Atlantic columnist, and Harvard professor, about this new book: The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness. In our conversation, Brooks argues that our current Age of Emptiness began in the 1990s, but technology like smartphones and social media made it worse. We then discuss smart strategies for finding purpose in our current moment.
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INTERVIEW:
– How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (W/ Arthur Brooks) [1:39]
INBOX:
– Tech employees being evaluated through LLM tokens [1:01:41]
– Can Cal comment on reading digital books? [1:07:29]
WHAT IS CAL UP TO:
– What Cal is reading [1:13:00]
– Deep Work HQ update [1:14:29]
BOOKS:
Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson)
YOUTUBE TITLE:
– | Cal Newport
LINKS:
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https://gizmodo.com/tech-employees-are-reportedly-being-evaluated-by-how-fast-they-burn-through-llm-tokens-2000736627
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