The Burnout Society: How The Modern World Is Stealing Young Peoples’ Future | Cal Newport

Cal Newport talks about hiddent technology traps in Episode 300 of the Deep Questions podcast.

There has been a lot of attention paid recently to the impact of technology like social media on the mental health of young people. But this is not the only technology trap lurking for this generation. In this episode, Cal talks about three subtle but significant ways in which our current technology culture is setting up young people for professional failure in the years ahead. He then provides some advice for resisting this fate. In addition to this discussion, he answers questions from the audience and reacts to one of the coolest examples of slow craft that he’s encountered in a long while.

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0:00 The Burnout Society
27:25 How can I stop distraction relapses?
31:45 How can I reduce my social media addiction without abandoning these technologies?
36:37 How can I schedule deep work with a scattered class schedule?
39:22 How should I reintroduce video games after a successful digital declutter?
43:20 How do I apply Slow Productivity later in life?
46:53 How to formulate a deep life when you’re young
59:07 Tweaking the time block planner
A Slow Reconstruction of an Ancient City

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About Cal Newport:
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives.

Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner.

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[stevesheridan]

I like when you share slides. Would you consider making them full screen when you share slides. Hard to see some of details when it’s in the corner. Thanks!!!

[dt]

solitude and solitude deprivation are my current favorite topics, so it’s good to see you talking about it

[u]

10:43 in context of the topic, yes it’s fair to suggest that solitude time is a pillar of one’s inner development.

However it should not be assumed that it is the only nor is it the primary pathway to inner development. That dominant pathway is parental/familial modelling and guidance and secondarily the wider society, cultures we are embedded in. People are not formed in a vacuum. Even in said solitude, we are grappling with ideas and models inherited from others. Even the fact that we reflect in a language reflects this connection. We don’t think our way to a healthy, developed self. We are nurtured.

Said futures are being destroyed because in the present and in the past, our hearts are not full. Our brains now go into overdrive trying to solve this hard problem. So cue the meditation apps, hacks, scrolling to find something to take the edge off the numbness, the pain, the dazed sense of being lost

[towritemichelle]

As a Chilanga, I'm so impressed with Thomas Cole's work. Thanks for sharing!!

[shwz]

Relatable problem sir, you are spot on!

[syifaaulia]

thanks for sharing your useful thoughts.

btw your tips especially time block planning impact my life very substantially, I will later go into details via question form for a case study

[christineg]

this has been one of my favorite episodes

based Cal FTW!

[MrBekliyom]

The guy summarizes my life. This guy is the evangelist of focus and he is fighting against the current zeitgeist.

[jmeditation]

Is anyone else noticing an issue in this video with audio/image not syncing up properly? Audio is out of sync with the talking in this video, at least for me?

[alfadlfadah]

Is the title a byung chul Han reference 🤭 Have a nice week Cal!

[basharatmajeed]

""Be careful by who's eye you see the world through""

[roycearthur]

WOW 😮!. This Sounds Very interesting. I will Listen today. thanks Cal. You are Legend. 💝💯💐

[colinb]

One of the problems with solitude these days is that people have too much solitude. Most of their “social” interaction is just through technology. We need space to think, but I think these days we also need a LOT more quality face-to-face time.

[rahatulainfatima]

Make the infographic full screen plz 4:59

[GX]

Yep. The "Side Hustle" culture.

[Treasure_Tshabalala]

I am in my early 20s and I am still in university; never had a permanent job. My question to Cal is if he would still recommend that I do not participate in cultivating the social media image especially at the beginning of my career because it seems to matter a lot how 'out there' you are nowadays.

[crism]

19:11 If you don't get paid to be saying things online, stop posting things online 👏

I learned this lesson the hard way the late half of my twenties. I felt I had to cater to this followship hovering around 1.5 k, and it was a worthless waste of time that almost brought me to a mental breakdown. The stuff I was saying and doing didn't reflect my real personality and struggles, and it brought zero value to my life

[mikeberkey]

Would really love to hear you talk about The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han

[jamerfunk]

Carry on young people, the adults are more children than teenagers denying the reality & changing definitions & terms to suit their flawed deceitful arguments.

[durragas]

Hey Cal, can you try introducing your book sales bit between sentences or even between ideas? Not just cutting yourself in the middle of a sentence because that whole point you were trying to make is then lost.