Is the Internet Making You Lazy? (Here’s How to Reclaim Your Ambition.)

Cal Newport explains how the internet is making you lazing in episode 389 of the Deep Questions podcast.

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It’s natural to feel ambition, as we’re wired to find great satisfaction in accomplishing hard goals. But what impact has the internet had on this instinct? To help explore this question, author Brad Stulberg, author of the new book THE WAY OF EXCELLENCE, joins Cal during the ideas segment to explore ways in which the internet hijacks our drive, and what we can do about it. Then, in the practice segment, Cal provides the 2026 of his evolving advice for escaping email and IM overload in your job.

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0:00 Ambition
4:16 Is the internet hijacking ambition?
1:03:05 Escaping messaging hell
1:23:49 Have new AI tools actually been as transformative as claimed?
1:38:18 Cal responds to comments
1:44:52 Cal gives his weekly reading update

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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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