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Ep. 326: Time to Unplug

2024/11/11
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通过深度工作和数字极简主义等概念，推动人们重新思考工作方法和技术使用方式。
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Cal Newport 认为，美国总统大选期间，数字内容的干扰性和情绪性会被放大，导致人们感到精神疲惫。他建议在大选结束后，暂时彻底戒掉令人精疲力竭的数字内容，重新审视与数字技术的相处方式。具体建议包括：暂时停止使用社交媒体、停止收听新闻播客、取消订阅政治新闻简报、放慢媒体消费速度（例如阅读印刷报纸），并用更多时间与真实的人进行互动、阅读书籍和亲近自然，以恢复身心健康。他认为，这种暂时性的“断网”有助于人们在新年重新评估与政治新闻的关系，并以更健康的方式与信息互动。

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Cal Newport discusses the impact of election season on mental health and proposes a temporary digital detox to reset and heal.
  • Election season amplifies the interrupted nature of digital content and emotional arousal.
  • Proposes a substantial break from digital content sources post-election to reduce exhaustion and drain.
  • Suggests activities like reading books, spending time with real people, and being in nature to redirect attention.

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During the election season our devices take a particularly hard tool on our health and happiness. Now that the votes have been cast and counted, Cal proposes it’s time to take a temporary but radical break from the exhausting digital chatter. He then answers questions from his listeners and discusses Martha Stewart and the problems of “aesthetic productivity.”

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo)

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia)

Deep Dive: Time to Unplug [2:49]

  • How do I organize all the information in my life? [39:04]

  • How can I do a side hustle if it’s against company policy? [42:23]

  • What is “Humanist Productivity”? [48:46]

  • Should I use a flip phone in college? [57:05]

  • How can I work at a natural place in a software company? [1:01:27]

  • CALL: Oliver Burkeman and imperfectionism [1:08:32]

CASE STUDY: Managing with slow productivity [1:13:16] 

CAL REACTS: Martha Stewart’s Productivity Tips [1:21:36]

Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at calnewport.com/slow) 

Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/)

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Thanks to Jesse Miller for production, Jay Kerstens for the intro music, Kieron Rees for the slow productivity music, and Mark Miles for mastering.