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Tom Bilyeu
In this interview, Cal Newport challenges the pervasive advice to "follow your passion," arguing instead that it often sets young people up for failure because most do not possess a clearly identifiable intrinsic passion early in their careers. Drawing on research and interviews with successful indi …
Chris Williamson
Most people spend between four and six hours daily on their phones, with younger generations like Gen Z and Alpha using them even more intensively than older cohorts. Catherine Price argues that this screen time represents a significant opportunity cost, displacing other vital activities such as rea …
Andrew Huberman
Dr. Cal Newport, a computer science professor at Georgetown University and author of best-selling books on productivity like *Deep Work* and *Slow Productivity*, joins Huberman Lab to discuss strategies for enhancing focus in an distracted world. A central theme is the necessity of managing digital …
Lex Fridman
In this episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, Cal Newport defines deep work as performing cognitively demanding tasks without distraction, a skill he argues is essential for knowledge workers but has been eroded by modern distractions. Drawing from his experience in theoretical computer science at MIT …