Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

We’ve become so used to our phones in our lives that we’ve stopped realizing how arbitrary and unusual the content we’re watching really has become. In this episode, Cal looks closer at what we’re really spending time doing on our phones, then provides step-by-step instructions for healing this relationship.
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Deep Dive: Confronting Your Phone [4:30]
- What does Cal think about Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves To Death”? [28:35]
- Can you pursue high quality leisure after a day filled with deep work? [33:14]
- Can commercial breaks be used for high quality leisure? [37:24]
- Will digital minimalism work in an age of augmented reality? [40:34]
- How can a full time YouTuber practice digital minimalism? [46:53]
-CALL: How to share content online? [52:38]
CASE STUDY: Cost-benefit analysis of technology usage [1:00:39]
CAL REACTS: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Search for Depth [1:06:43]
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tiktok.com/foryou?lang=en
newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/the-consolations-of-fantasy
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Chapter

1. Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone (00:00:00)

2. Deep Dive: Confronting Your Phone (00:04:30)

3. What does Cal think about Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves To Death”? (00:28:35)

4. Can you pursue high quality leisure after a day filled with deep work? (00:33:14)

5. Can commercial breaks be used for high quality leisure? (00:37:24)

6. Will digital minimalism work in an age of augmented reality? (00:40:34)

7. How can a full time YouTuber practice digital minimalism? (00:46:53)

8. CALL: How to share content online? (00:52:38)

9. CASE STUDY: Cost-benefit analysis of technology usage (01:00:39)

10. CAL REACTS: JRR Tolkien’s Search for Depth (01:06:43)