# Cal Newport
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Calvin C. Newport (born June 23, 1982) is Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgetown University and the author of six self-improvement books. He writes the Study Hacks blog, which is focused on academic and career success.
== Academic career ==
Newport completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College in 2004 and received a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009 in computer science under Nancy Lynch.
Industry; The Virtue of Useful Work
Theodore Roosevelt seemed almost incapable of doing anything halfway.
He wrote books, read voraciously, served in public office, fought in Cuba, explored, hunted, exercised, and pursued life with an extraordinary amount of energy. He eventually gave a name to the philosophy behind much of it:
The…
DMA#40 Recap: The J. Jonah Jameson Editor, Surviving the Tech Deluge, and the Rules of Timeboxing with Jeremy Caplan
When I first sat down to chat with Jeremy Caplan about artificial intelligence and digital productivity tools, I genuinely did not think we would end up talking about him playing the violin. I certainly did not expect the conversation to pivot into a deep, philosophical appreciation for the irrepla…
Sunday Pick: How to be productive without burning out with Cal Newport | ReThinking
Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. This is an episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant. Cal Newport knows a thing or two about productivity: when he’s not teaching computer science at Georgetown, he’s writing for The New Yorker, hosti…
Sunday Pick: How to be productive without burning out with Cal Newport | ReThinking
Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. This is an episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant. Cal Newport knows a thing or two about productivity: when he’s not teaching computer science at Georgetown, he’s writing for The New Yorker, hosti…
BOM - Deep Work by Cal Newport
This month’s book of the month is Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport.
Published in 2016, the book examines a problem that has become increasingly relevant in our professional lives. We have confused being busy with being productive.
Ten years after publishing …
The Great Avoidance | Dopamine, Attention and Rewarding our Bad Habits | 244
Is your smartphone serving you, or are you serving it? Calum Shaw talks with Denise Hershey and Matt Sones about how technology is built to hold our attention, and how to take control of it again.
As part of our series Controlled or Connected, this episode looks at the neuroscience of dopamine, and…
The Office You Never Leave
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"My brain keeps thinking of work and gets restless." A man wrote that online, and he wasn't at his desk. He was at the dinner table. Another had already quit one job to fix it, and worried the …
3 Things I Tell Leaders Worried About AI
If your only response to AI is a smaller headcount, you haven’t done more with less. Here I break down the three things I tell leaders about AI at work.
In this episode we cover:
How one economic test reframes AI decisions
Why AI rewrites what counts as rare
When “everyone can” becomes your r…
EP 16: Super Connector Tim Francis Reveals How One Private Dinner at a Time Built a Network That Drives Demand
Most agency owners know their network is their best source of new business. Fewer know how to build one on purpose. Nine years ago, Tim Francis moved from Canada to Austin, Texas. He knew three people. Within a year he was named one of Austin's most connected people, and today he hosts rooms with b…
C.S. Lewis Saw the AI Trap Coming 80 Years Ago
Eighty years ago, C.S. Lewis wrote a story about a quest to perfect humanity through technology, and showed how it fails. AI is the same bet with better tools. It will not rescue your leadership. It will reveal it.
In the AI series finale, Dr. Chris McAlister and co-host Mark Stanifer finish their…
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