Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 2025-03-17 · 87 min · 17,128 words

Ep. 344: You Are Not a Cog

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I'm Cal Newport. And this His deep questions. The show about cultivating a deep life. In a distracted world.

My D Pork HQ Joined as always by my producer. Jesse. Jesse, I'm gonna give an update on the book I'm writing. Yeah.

So Here's the timeline of where I've been and where I'm going, where I am right now. I Cracked. The outline for this book a year ago.

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