It's so funny that every few months or so there is a new wave of people discovering Cal Newport (directly or his ideas).

Every time it happens, there are a bunch of new videos/shorts/posts titled something like "why following your passion is not good for you" or "what is digital minimalism and why you need it".
And I'm feeling smug, thinking "I see you've read the books, huh?"

At the same time, I've done it too.

And I will do it again!

#DigitalMinimalism #CalNewport #SocialMedia

https://calnewport.com/why-hasnt-ai-made-work-easier/
“This is a worst-case scenario: you work faster and harder, but mainly on shallow, mentally taxing tasks (because of all the context shifting they require) that only indirectly help the bottom line compared to harder efforts.

It’s not quite clear why AI tools are having this impact.”
#calnewport

Interesting input on all this noise out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRayjrpX10k

#calnewport #ai #realitycheck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MLbOulrLA0

#ai #hankGreen #calnewport

What do social media companies fear

This seems to put too much of an onus on individuals and very few of the responsibility on these social media companies. The products are addictive by design. We can’t keep expecting people to not be enticed by the product.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/micro/what-do-social-media-companies-fear/

#calnewport #social

Better Offline’s “Hater Season” - an ongoing roundtable with tech’s greatest haters - continues as Ed talks with computer science professor and writer Cal Newport about the ways in which the media fails to report the truth about AI. (1 h 6 min)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85uXDLzuvdk

#AIBubble #LLM #EdZitron #CalNewport

The Energy Matrix

Not all hours are equal.

High energy → Deep work, creative tasks
Medium energy → Meetings, collaboration
Low energy → Admin, emails, routine

Match the task to the energy. Stop forcing it.

#discipline #energy #deepwork #calnewport

Be Wary of Digital Deskilling - #CalNewport
https://calnewport.com/be-wary-of-digital-deskilling/

#AI

[칼 뉴포트가 분석한 AI 에이전트 2025년 약속이 빗나간 이유

Cal Newport는 OpenAI의 샘 알트먼을 포함한 주요 인사들이 2025년에 제시한 AI 에이전트의 혁신적인 생산성 향상 예측이 실현되지 못한 이유를 분석했다. 주요 이유는 AI 에이전트의 실제 제품들이 예상보다 단순한 작업에서도 실패하였고, 특히 프로그래밍 외의 능력으로의 전이가 제한적이었으며, LLM 기반 기술의 제약 때문이었다. 안드레이 카파시는 AI 에이전트의 급격한 발전이 아닌 점진적인 진화를 인정하며, 2026년에는 AI의 실제 능력에 대한 냉정한 평가가 필요함을 강조했다.

https://news.hada.io/topic?id=25689

#aiagent #calnewport #ailimitations #llmevaluation #overpromising