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Deep Work
Cal Newport ISBN 9783864149351
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This book by Cal Newport has come up 11 times across 3 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 6 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Cal Newport, Lex Fridman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-11-16 and the most recent from 2024-05-25. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results. Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. It's a skill that allows you to quickly master complicated information and produce better results in less time. Deep work will make you better at what you do and provide the sense of true fulfillment that comes from craftsmanship. In short, deep work is like a super power in our increasingly competitive twenty-first century economy.
“I'm very much with kort on this he wrote deep work and a lot of other amazing books he talks about task switching as a sort of the thing that really destroys productivity”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Charan Ranganath: A psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis specializing in human memory, where he runs a lab using fMRI and other methods to study how the brain encodes and retrieves events. He is the author of 'Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold On to What Matters.'. Neuroscientist Charan Ranganath explains how human memory works as a reconstructive, predictive system shaping identity, imagination, false memories, and our sense of time.
“one of his more notable books is entitled deep work rules for focused success in a distracted World deep work is a book that has had tremendous positive influence on my work life”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Cal Newport: A professor of computer science at Georgetown University who trained at MIT. He is the best-selling author of books on productivity and focus, including Deep Work and Slow Productivity. Cal Newport explains the neuroscience of focus and gives concrete systems to escape distraction and do deep, high-value work.
“so deep work already exists I just put a name to it digital minimalism it's like yeah I'm just putting a name to a Phil”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Georgetown computer science professor, New Yorker contributor, and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and Slow Productivity. Cal Newport unpacks slow productivity, obsessing over quality, and resisting algorithm-driven attention economies in favor of long-horizon craft.
“Now, you might know me from some of my recent books, such as Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email.”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport: A compilation episode hosted by Tim Ferriss featuring four guests: Tara Brach (meditation teacher and former clinical psychologist, author of Radical Acceptance, creator of the RAIN practice); Ryan Holiday (author of 13 books and creator of the Daily Stoic); Maria Popova (writer behind The Marginalian, formerly Brain Pickings); and Cal Newport (Georgetown CS professor and author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism). A curated podcast buffet where four friends of Tim Ferriss share favorite clips on presence, Stoic questions, reading, and time management.
“shifting back and forth between 4-Hour Work Week, my 2016 book Deep Work, and Greg McKeown's 2015 book Essentialism”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, New Yorker contributing writer, and author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. Here he interviews host Tim Ferriss for a New Yorker piece revisiting The 4-Hour Workweek. Cal Newport interviews Tim Ferriss about how The 4-Hour Workweek warned of unsustainable knowledge work fifteen years early.
“I do these other things, deep work I think talks about this for sure but then also we talk a lot on my blog”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University (PhD from MIT) who researches the theory of distributed systems. He is a New Yorker contributing writer, host of the Deep Questions podcast, and author of seven books including Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. Cal Newport on building a deep life through slow productivity, digital minimalism, craft, and contemplation in an age of distraction.
“I'm a big fan of Cal Newport who wrote the book "Deep work." He's also written an excellent book, "A world without Email."”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast. This is a solo episode with no guest. Huberman explains the dopamine biology of ADHD and shares drug, diet, supplement, and behavioral tools anyone can use to sharpen focus.
“i'm a big fan of uh cal newport his ideas of deep work that uh i spend uh with few exceptions i try to spend the first two hours”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Bryan Johnson: Founder of Kernel, which builds non-invasive brain-measuring devices (Flow and Flux). Previously founded the payments company Braintree, which acquired Venmo and was itself acquired by PayPal/eBay. Kernel founder Bryan Johnson makes the case for non-invasively quantifying the brain to engineer better health, cognition, and human futures.
“I'm a big fan of Cal Newport. He wrote the book Deep Work. He I believe he was the one who said context switching is terrible for the brain”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast, where he translates neuroscience into practical, science-based tools. Andrew Huberman explains the neuroscience of dopamine, the hidden pleasure-pain balance, and how to schedule rewards to stay motivated long-term.
“he's writing like his book deep work for example has guided how i strive to approach productivity and life in general”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Computer scientist at Georgetown specializing in distributed-algorithm impossibility results, and bestselling author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. He doesn't use social media and hosts the Deep Questions podcast. Cal Newport unpacks why context-switching destroys focus, how email's hidden workflow wrecks productivity, and why relationships beat hustle.
“this guy named Cal Newport wrote a book about deep work oh yeah I love that book yeah he's great”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Neuroscientist at Stanford studying how the brain changes through experience and how to repair damaged brain circuits. Runs the Huberman Lab and is known for public science education. Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman breaks down fear, optimal performance, and how the brain constructs reality from raw neural firing.
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