I haven’t read Cal Newport’s other Deep Work book yet, but I stumbled on this summary, and people might find it interesting: “How to Build a Brain That Doesn’t Get Distracted”
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I haven’t read Cal Newport’s other Deep Work book yet, but I stumbled on this summary, and people might find it interesting: “How to Build a Brain That Doesn’t Get Distracted”
I’ve read Deep Work a few times, I’d highly recommend it. Like any book there are things I disagree with, but overall the book is excellent.
Something particularly relevant to this form is his idea of “productive meditation”, where instead of trying to achieve single-pointed concentration by reaching a “no-mind” state, you pick a singular topic and make that your object of meditation.
It’s an idea that’s well facilitated by a memory palace. Pick something you’ve memorized, and run through it again and again, perhaps storing new ideas as they come up in a different palace.
I’m sure Cal Newport would love mnemonists.
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I watched this video while eating breakfast: “Why everyone is quitting social media”
It talks a little about how TikTok became so addictive by removing the “follow” concept.
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