When you think of “being productive,” you probably imagine some variation of rise-and-grind. But Cal Newport’s theory of Deep Work suggests, if we want to maximize productivity, maybe we should try to cultivate some room for quiet, uninterrupted thinking.
Deep Work, by Cal Newport - https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/Deep-Work—Rules-for-Focused-Success-in-a-Distracted-World-9780349413686
The 3-Hour Fields Medal: A Slow Productivity Case Study - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/07/05/the-3-hour-fields-medal-a-slow-productivity-case-study/
John McPhees Slow Productivity - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2022/03/09/john-mcphees-slow-productivity/
| Cal Newport Review: Email Broke the Office. Here’s How to Fix It | GQ - https://www.gq.com/story/cal-newport-end-of-email |
Lessons of the Financial Crisis: The Dangers of Short-Termism - https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2011/07/04/lessons-of-the-financial-crisis-the-dangers-of-short-termism/
| Overthrowing the Tyranny of Quarterly Capitalism | Fox Business - https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/overthrowing-the-tyranny-of-quarterly-capitalism |
On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs (Graeber, 2013) - https://libcom.org/article/phenomenon-bullshit-jobs-david-graeber
To save the world, were going to have to stop working (Graeber, 2020) - https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-to-save-the-world-we-re-going-to-have-to-stop-working
Task Switching Test (thanks Xob!) - https://www.psytoolkit.org/experiment-library/taskswitching.html