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Ep. 336: On Screens and Solitude

2025/1/20
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Cal Newport: 我认为现代科技在导致孤独感方面扮演着重要的角色。首先,它让我们远离了需要牺牲时间和精力的社交行为。数字交流模拟了连接感,但它不需要牺牲,因此我们无法获得那种被需要感。我们容易沉迷于低摩擦的数字互动,例如发短信或浏览社交媒体,但这并不能建立真正的社会联系。这些低摩擦的互动不会让我们感到孤独,但也不会让我们感到被需要。这种错觉让我们满足于现状,而忽略了我们真实的社会联系正在逐渐消失。其次,科技让我们麻木于缺乏被需要感的痛苦。它让我们远离被需要感,并提供替代品让我们能够忍受这种缺乏。这形成了一个恶性循环:我们感到不被需要,于是寻求数字世界的慰藉,这又让我们与真实的社会联系更加疏远。解决方法是主动增加我们为他人付出的时间和精力,重建真实的社会联系。一旦我们开始为他人付出,我们对数字世界的依赖就会自然减少。 Derek Thompson: 我的文章《反社会世纪》探讨了美国人独处时间增加的现象,这正在改变我们的性格、政治甚至与现实的关系。虽然人们谈论很多“孤独流行病”,但我认为更重要的问题是“独处”的增加,即人们花更多时间独处,这并不一定意味着他们感到孤独。数据显示,美国人的面对面社交时间在减少,尤其是在2003年至2023年间,减少了20%以上。这种独处时间的增加带来了许多问题,其中一个重要的问题是“被需要感”的缺失。 Richard V. Reeves: 我提出了“被需要感”的概念,即我们通过为家庭和社区做出贡献来感到自己被需要。这种被需要感可以来自多个方面,例如家庭、工作、社区等。当我们追求孤立的舒适生活时,我们就会失去这种被需要感。我们需要感到自己是社会中不可或缺的一部分,为他人提供帮助,并从他人那里获得支持。

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In a recent article for The Atlantic, Derek Thompson writes about the troubling trends toward increased solitude. In this episode, Cal looks at the role technology plays in these trends, pointing out some surprising factors and then using these insights to come up with a practical plan for reconnecting with the world. He then answers listener questions and concludes with a tech corner segment inspired by yet another New Yorker column.

 

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: On Screens and Solitude [3:09]

 

  • How can I study at night after my doctor work? [26:49]

  • Can you comment on Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness essay? [36:45]

  • How do I successfully pursue my non-work values? [51:33]

  • How can I become a better writer? [1:00:56]

  • Can someone break into the top 0.1% of their respective field without periods of unsustainable and obsessive work? [1:02:44]

  • CALL: Managing active projects [1:08:42]

 

CASE STUDY: A follow-up from Episode 323 [1:13:02]

 

CAL REACTS: An Offline Person Tries TikTok for the First Time [1:19:34]

 

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/)

Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?)

axios.com/2024/06/23/leopold-aschenbrenner-ai-future-silicon-valley)

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/american-loneliness-personality-politics/681091/)

 

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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.