Make Learning As Addictive As Social Media - Quickly Make Progress At Anything | Cal Newport

Cal Newport talks about making learning as addictive as social media in Episode 273 of the Deep Questions podcast. Sign up for Cal’s newsletter here: A viral video making the rounds recently argues that the key to promoting learning is to deliver education in apps that are equally as addictive as social media. Cal takes a closer look at the brain science behind this claim and argues why it is fundamentally impossible to beat attention engineered apps at their own game. We shouldn’t, however, give up hope, as our brain has a completely unrelated motivation system, built on a behavior called episodic future thinking (EFT0, that we can leverage to make deep activities like learning seem more rewarding then the short term distractions beckoning from our phones. Mastering the EFT system is indeed critical to cultivating a deep life. Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: Listen to Episode Here: Links: Thanks to our Sponsors: 0:00 Can we make learning as addictive as social media? [2:34] 31:41 Can I be happy in a job that doesn’t require me to learn? 38:57 How can I fight deep procrastination to learn better? 45:12 How can I identify the school for my kid to learn better? 49:47 How can I reflect on work concepts without feeling the urge to work? 53:37 How does Ultralearning apply to Slow Productivity? 55:59 Recommendations on learning 58:52 Designing a system to learn 1:08:17 The 5 books Cal read in October 2023 Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal’s BLOG and website: 🔴Check out Cal’s books: 🔴Check out The Deep Life: 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. The videos are considered to be used under the “Fair Use Doctrine“ of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don’t use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast