Ep. 358: Are Parents (Finally) Ready to Fight Smartphones?

I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a distracted world. I'm here on my Deep Work HQ, joined as always by my producer, Jesse. Uh, Jesse, I gotta take credit for something, a little bit of credit. What do we got? So I've been on a long trip.

Uh, every day that I was away on this trip to the West Coast, the Washington Nationals lost. An 11-game losing streak, one away from tying the franchise record for losing streaks. I get home late last night, today, first day back. Friend of the show, Brad Stolberg's in town with his son. I was like, let's go to the ballparks.

We go to the game, first day back. Break to a losing streak. James Wood, walk-off home run, victory, 4-3 in the 11th inning. I think I gotta take some credit. Now let me be fair, right?

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