Cal Newport
Computer science professor at Georgetown University and author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Slow Productivity; writes about focus, technology and work at calnewport.com and hosts the Deep Questions podcast.
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- Are We at War with AI Agent “Civilizations”? 31 Aug 2026
- Has AI Gone Rogue? 24 Aug 2026
- On AI Coding and Its Discontents 10 Aug 2026
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- Did OpenAI’s New Model “Go Rogue”? 27 Jul 2026
- Why Reading Matters 13 Jul 2026
- Beware of Productivity Paradoxes 29 Jun 2026
- Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” 22 Jun 2026
- AI Isn’t Breaking Work. It’s Already Broken. 15 Jun 2026
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Living with a SEAL Liked
The book was light and fun, but it makes a lot more sense if, like me, you first read Goggin's mega-bestselling memoir, Can't Hurt Me.
calnewport.com 2022-03-04
The Devil's Teeth Recommends
I'm a big fan of Susan Casey, who has perfected a style of nature journalism that's built around a narrative of personal adventures. (I recommend you start with The Devil's Teeth.)
calnewport.com 2022-03-04
Cathedral of the Wild Liked
I picked up this book after hearing Varty's recent appearance on Tim Ferriss's podcast and I wasn't disappointed.
calnewport.com 2022-03-04
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Of Mice and Men Loved
Steinbeck deploys a standard third person omniscient narrative style that avoids all the flash of the modernists, and then postmodernists, that soon after took over the literary scene. But in his hands, it's enough. I still think about the ending.
calnewport.com 2022-03-04
The Loop Liked
Science journalist Jacob Ward warns about a future in which AI technology forms a tight cybernetic feedback loop with the biases ingrained into the human brain, pushing our day-to-day existence in frightening directions. It's sort of like a version of The Terminator in which Danny Kahneman plays a starring role. As longtime readers and listeners of mine know, a big theme in my techno-criticism is the under-appreciated degree to which technologies exert powerful, unintended consequences on our personhood and culture, so Ward's warning hits a sweet spot with me.
calnewport.com 2022-03-04
Hero On a Mission Liked
I found myself unexpectedly (and perhaps dangerously) inspired by Miller's discussion of the 15-acre plot of land he and his wife bought outside Nashville, where they're carefully cultivating the forest, planting extensive gardens, and organizing retreats.
calnewport.com 2022-01-11
When the Lion Feeds Mixed on
It's definitely a book of its time (it was first published in the 1960s), but it introduces plot and style conventions that echoed throughout many adventure titles that followed.
calnewport.com 2022-01-11
The World-Ending Fire Loved
After years of people recommending him to me, I finally took the plunge into the literary world of Wendell Berry. Now I can't help but wonder what took me so long. This 2018 collection of Berry's best essays is a fantastic introduction into his genre-defining polemic style, which mixes razor-sharp commentary with a poetry grounded in lived experience, to argue on behalf of land, the environment, and a slower, richer approach to life.
calnewport.com 2022-01-11
In Praise of Slowness Read
This book, published in 2004, provides a journalistic account of the various offshoots of the "slow food" movement that originally began in Rome in the 1980s.
calnewport.com 2022-01-11
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe Liked
Though this book frequently digresses into discussions of the cultural impact of the Star Wars franchise, it also contains one of the most thoroughly-researched biographies of Lucas currently available.
calnewport.com 2022-01-11
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Number: The Language of Science Liked
Though the book perhaps gets a little too math-ey by the end (and this is coming from someone who is literally teaching discrete mathematics to university students at the moment), Dantzig provides a compelling overview of what we mean when we talk about "numbers," and why this is a question that we must repeatedly keep re-visiting.
calnewport.com 2021-12-03
Future Ethics Liked
Bowles' 2018 book provides a useful survey of the various problems tackled by this nascent field, and the frameworks that have emerged to tackle them.
calnewport.com 2021-12-03
K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches Mixed on
As you might expect from a Times reporter, the writing craft is superb. As someone who came to baseball relatively late (my twenties), however, I occasionally found myself drowning in repeated references to players I didn't recognize.
calnewport.com 2021-12-03
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Steven Spielberg: A Biography Read
My key takeaway from the book: Spielberg, for reasons that McBride can never quite nail down, was capital-D driven. His story provides a master class in the potential of mixing relentless ambition, talent, and perfect timing.
calnewport.com 2021-12-03
Relic Loved
One of the best thrillers of the 1990s. I re-read this book in honor of Halloween this year (but didn't finish until November) and was pleased to find that it held up.
calnewport.com 2021-12-03
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- Are We at War with AI Agent “Civilizations”? 31 Aug
- Has AI Gone Rogue? 24 Aug
- On AI Coding and Its Discontents 10 Aug
- Did OpenAI’s New Model “Go Rogue”? 27 Jul
- Why Reading Matters 13 Jul
- Beware of Productivity Paradoxes 29 Jun
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- Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” 22 Jun
- AI Isn’t Breaking Work. It’s Already Broken. 15 Jun
- The Loop 4 Mar 2022 Liked
- Of Mice and Men 4 Mar 2022 Loved
- Cathedral of the Wild 4 Mar 2022 Liked
- The Devil's Teeth 4 Mar 2022 Recommends
- Living with a SEAL 4 Mar 2022 Liked
- How Star Wars Conquered the Universe 11 Jan 2022 Liked
- In Praise of Slowness 11 Jan 2022 Read
- The World-Ending Fire 11 Jan 2022 Loved
- When the Lion Feeds 11 Jan 2022 Mixed on
- Hero On a Mission 11 Jan 2022 Liked
- Relic 3 Dec 2021 Loved
- Steven Spielberg: A Biography 3 Dec 2021 Read
- K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches 3 Dec 2021 Mixed on
- Future Ethics 3 Dec 2021 Liked
- Number: The Language of Science 3 Dec 2021 Liked