Ep. 11: Work Resistance, Techno-Criticism, Tales from MIT, and the Depth-Destroying Power of Children | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 11: Work Resistance, Techno-Criticism, Tales from MIT, and the Depth-Destroying Power of Children | DEEP QUESTIONS  
Podcast: Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Published On: Mon Jul 20 2020
Description: In this episode of Deep Questions I answer reader questions on work resistance, the state of techno-criticism, tales from the MIT theory group, and the depth-destroying power of children. I also play some question roulette and tackle the audio question of the day. (Hint: it’s about my reading habits.)To submit your own questions, sign up for my mailing list at calnewport.com (I send a survey to this list soliciting questions on a semi-regular basis).Here’s the full list of topics tackled in today’s episode along with the timestamps:* The organizational power of plain text files [1:18]* Confronting an overwhelming number of obligations [4:00]* Getting back on track after lockdown disrupted work habits [7:15]* Dealing with resistance to work [9:39]* Audio question of the day: managing a variety of different inputs [18:28]* Avoiding social media on the phone browser [23:26]* The need for a distraction-reducing phone operating system [26:06]* Tracking birthdays without Facebook [28:32] * My podcast habits [31:07]* Humane tools and the state of techno-criticism [33:57]* Question roulette:  my book reading habits [43:46]* Life inside the MIT Theory Group (bonus: cracking the superstar code) [48:47]* The seeming impossibility of deep work with kids [1:02:42]* Curing your spouse’s Facebook addiction [1:14:10]* On the deep value of work [1:16:12]Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.