Slow Productivity
Work
by Cal Newport · 2024
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout is a nonfiction book arguing that modern busyness and constant task-switching undermine meaningful work. Newport proposes three principles—do fewer things, work at a natural pace, and obsess over quality—to help people achieve more sustainably without burnout.
3 episodes featuring Slow Productivity
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Cal Newport shifts AI debate toward harms already here
The episode argues that emotional dependence, misinformation, and child exposure to chatbots demand more immediate scrutiny than hypothetical superintelligence.
Sep 28, 2026 · 1h 19m
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Cal Newport links brain rot to a crisis of meaningful attention
The episode argues that brain rot is less about silly content itself than about how compulsive digital habits erode purpose and engagement.
Sep 21, 2026 · 53 min
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Newport and Stulberg defend meaningful friction against AI
As AI makes producing work easier and more abundant, the episode asks whether convenience is quietly eroding craft, agency, and the effort that makes achievement meaningful.
Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 12m