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Nov 2021
50m 16s

Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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Many of us spend our workdays responding to a never-ending stream of emails and texts. We feel stressed out and perpetually behind on our to-do list. But what if there was a better way to work? This week, we revisit a favorite conversation about "deep work" with computer scientist Cal Newport. And we'll visit a lab that's studying whether brain stimulation c ... Show More
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