A new study finds that for many workers, AI increases shallow efforts while decreasing time focusing on what really matters. This is not the first digital productivity technology to create this paradoxical effect. In today’s episode, Cal dives deep into why this happens and then details three strategies for avoiding these traps in your own professional life.
Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo" rel="noopener noreferrer">bit.ly/3U3sTvo</a>
Video from today’s episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/calnewportmedia" rel="noopener noreferrer">youtube.com/calnewportmedia</a>
DEEP DIVE:  Why Do “Productivity Technologies” Make My Job Worse? [3:17]
INBOX: 
<ul>
 <li>An article about meetings [36:11]</li>
 <li>A case study on escaping email overload [47:29]</li>
 <li>A tool that makes the internet more boring [50:37]</li>
</ul>
WHAT CAL IS UP TO:
<ul>
 <li>Deep or Crazy? [57:02]</li>
 <li>What Cal read [1:02:23]</li>
 <li>Cal in the news [1:05:57]</li>
</ul>
Books:
Reader, Come Home (Maryanne Wolf)
 What Do You Say? (William Stixrud and Ned Johnson)
Links:
 Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at <a href="https://www.calnewport.com/slow" rel="noopener noreferrer">calnewport.com/slow</a>
 Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at <a href="https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/" rel="noopener noreferrer">peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/</a>
 Cal’s monthly book directory: <a href="https://www.bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?" rel="noopener noreferrer">bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba?</a><a href="https://pmresearcher.substack.com/p/why-meetings-multiply" rel="noopener noreferrer">pmresearcher.substack.com/p/why-meetings-multiply</a><a href="https://docs.pluckeye.net/overview" rel="noopener noreferrer">docs.pluckeye.net/overview</a>
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