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Apr 2024
1h 28m

Ep. 297: The Deep Life Hardware

CAL NEWPORT
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Why do you struggle with your grand attempts to escape distraction and aimlessness to make your life deeper? In this episode, Cal draws on an unexpected metaphor – Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Analytical Engine – to help identify the subtle obstacle on your path to increase depth. With this new understanding in hand, he then details a specific game ... Show More
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