Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, where he specializes in the theory of distributed systems. He's the author of seven books, including "A World ...

This segment was rebroadcast on Aug. 31, 2021. Listen to that audio here. Cal Newport's new book lays out the problems with the way workplaces create what he calls a hyperactive hive mind — rapidly ...

Coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, young workers were embracing "quiet quitting," or the act of doing your work, but not going above and beyond. The move was seen as a rejection of hustle culture ...

Cal Newport, associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, has never had a social media account in his life. The author of five self-improvement books focused on academic and ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Now, how many e-mails have you received today? And are you on multiple WhatsApp groups? Do you feel sometimes like your brain is in meltdown, trying to cope with it all? Our next ...

We’re a year into the pandemic and science has now confirmed Zoom calls are really, really exhausting, You probably knew that from personal experience by now, but research shows Zoom fatigue is real ...

A couple of years ago, I decided to liberate myself from my inbox. My personal Gmail had become unusable. For every email containing something useful, there were six from every place I’d ever swiped ...

If you're toying with the idea of quitting social media, there's a simple question that can help you decide: Are you a victim of the "any-benefit" mindset? That's a term coined by Cal Newport, an ...

The professor and prolific author has released his eighth book, ‘Slow Productivity,’ which encourages readers to fight the scourge of ‘pseudo-productivity.’ By focusing on fewer tasks at once, Newport ...

Every Tuesday and Friday, Ezra Klein invites you into a conversation about something that matters, like today’s episode with Cal Newport. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Transcripts of our ...