"This is a world that is not so pleasant. It is a world that is a mix of sort of Red Bull, MTV, and Orwell, and if you're looking at this Networked Digital once every 6.7 minutes, the construction of the world that exists in your mind is going to overlap heavily with this amalgam of Red Bull, MTV, and Orwell." Wow, what an apropos description of social media! I've never heard it described quite like this, and it hits home.
I remember sitting in a trailer house with about 10 other dudes watching MTV in 1980. It was just non-stop music videos, at that time.I had a moment when I thought they were all zombies, and this was NOT GOOD! 😄 Cal seems too young to have experienced that.
@@nitin_puranik pointing out hypocrisy is an act of love, not hate. Newport’s puritanical approach to social media is best viewed as poetry, not a sincere practice since he regularly posts on UA-cam(here we are talking, this is social media). I don’t expect him to be flawless, his work isn’t Gospel. But both he and his audience would be better served if he would stop pretending that he doesn’t use social media and stick to what works when it comes to productivity.
This was an exceptionally great episode - the way you described the brain fog really hit, and following it up with the actions to take was greatly appreciated
I'm not on Facebook and I don't have Instagram or TikTok on my Jelly Star phone. BUT I'm watching UA-cam on my tablet several hours a day, and can't stop. I watch "educational" videos on science, tech, self improvement etc. and I never watch reels or prank videos or such.
Yes, YT is too addictive - especially when going deep into a new interesting topic and doing research. I don't consume other social media except Whats App for private messages.
I call that state 'phomatose' - the state of being physically in a place and having your mind emerged in the digital. "That person was totally phomatose when they walked right into me."
Thank you for this episode Cal I appreciate you:) this really allowed me to be aware of my poor habits with my phone and to make steps in the right direction
Cal, I like the new body metaphor. The “C Buckets” seem to be a little stretched to fit the alliteration. I propose that you bring exercise into the “feet” at 42:14 . Maybe “Where you go.” Meant to represent how you express yourself in physical space. Where you live and what do you do there. I value living somewhere that I can walk to work to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I even remember back over 20 years ago when I felt stressed after consuming the first online (bad) news... Compared to todays content it was nothing to worry.
One of the most critical video for an average person,which they won't see and majority of those who has seen -wont implement- such irony. Great one noneless.
I love this episode. It reminded me of the immediate change I felt when I bought my first iphone. p.s. The two books I have out now are Slow Productivity and Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests, you might appreciate the latter Cal. I think it probably has many metaphors for slow productivity. It's funny, the book covers are very similar :)
If even you fail for it imagine the average folks. Me to, I judged my self aware, until the feed gets even stronger and stronger. I used to say one need a good and well put bachelor in philosophy in order to use internet nowadays without harm
I haven't heard you discuss that which is now worse than phones: Smart Watches. Now everyone looks at their stupid watches!! So annoying when you're talking to someone and they keep looking at their watch. TERRIBLE!!
Agreed. It’s so rude when people do this. Now they are chained to their devices at all times. It was a brilliant move for apple, to get people absolutely attached and plugged in at all times. and people fell for it.
It’s the notifications that keep going off every 20 mins for no reason. I don’t wear mine as much anymore and went back to Casio watches. Free from the mind control 😊
I think of my smartwatch as a bridge. It is less distracting and keeps me out of deep rabbit holes while allowing me to see any important communication. It goes without saying (for me) that you shouldn’t be rude when interacting with the people around you.
Hey Cal, You dismissed the need of meditation such as Sam Harris' podcast. You said you dont need to meditate if your waking hours dont have as much stimulus. But this is not the reason for meditation. Sam Harris' reason for meditation is not mere calming of the mind after a frantic day. No. Is is much much mire spiritual than that. Before judging others and there ideas on your assumptions, try to read a bit of what they are writing or saying. I wrote off sam harris becuz of your comment on some episode. Years later i found myself keep pointing to harris' practice. His ideas are much more profound than what you assume.
Western ethics aren’t purely Jewish, Plato and Aristotle and profound impacts on Agustine and Aquinas. Reading a book on Jewish (or more broadly, Ancient Israelite) ethics is kind of like only looking at one of your parents’ family histories for a medical review, or maybe even only one of your grandparents.
Why do you use email? Think of the poor postman who lost his job because of you. See how ridiculous that sounds? Technology is ambivalent, if its useful and saves him time, let him be.
@@joshuairwin3385 1. Most AI art has the "AI art look", which usually looks odd, creepy, uncanny. It's a big turn-off for a lot of people. 2. It then also gives a poor association to the UA-cam content creator who is using the art. Now I think of Cal Newport as the kind of person who wants to use AI art and thinks this look good. Fair or not, I look at him slightly differently now. I don't think I'm alone in this. AI art has a big ick-factor.
@@mjpond I think you're alone in this. Just because the man uses AI as a tool for creative purposes doesn't detract from the value of his core message, which is minimizing time on social media. If you're in the "avoid AI camp, no matter what", you're going to be left behind, I assure you.
"This is a world that is not so pleasant. It is a world that is a mix of sort of Red Bull, MTV, and Orwell, and if you're looking at this Networked Digital once every 6.7 minutes, the construction of the world that exists in your mind is going to overlap heavily with this amalgam of Red Bull, MTV, and Orwell." Wow, what an apropos description of social media! I've never heard it described quite like this, and it hits home.
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I remember sitting in a trailer house with about 10 other dudes watching MTV in 1980. It was just non-stop music videos, at that time.I had a moment when I thought they were all zombies, and this was NOT GOOD! 😄 Cal seems too young to have experienced that.
It's like the movie Idiocracy came to be reality
Jesus is the truth. Praise be to God in Jesus name
Agreed. Quite an observation.
I feel physically sick after being on social media for too long.
ironically watching this on my phone 30mins after release bc the notification came up
Ugh, these wisecrack comments are getting old. Tired of this "brilliant" ironical observation.
Time to turn off UA-cam notifications, you really don't need it
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The Newporter dilemma
@@nitin_puranik pointing out hypocrisy is an act of love, not hate. Newport’s puritanical approach to social media is best viewed as poetry, not a sincere practice since he regularly posts on UA-cam(here we are talking, this is social media). I don’t expect him to be flawless, his work isn’t Gospel. But both he and his audience would be better served if he would stop pretending that he doesn’t use social media and stick to what works when it comes to productivity.
"Is there an app?" 😂
Yes! This is exactly what i needed to hear..Just downloaded a podcast app and you're my first podcast .. taking utube off my phone
This was an exceptionally great episode - the way you described the brain fog really hit, and following it up with the actions to take was greatly appreciated
1:23 - "With that phone always there, never that far away from their life" made me LAUGH! haha so true man!
I'm not on Facebook and I don't have Instagram or TikTok on my Jelly Star phone. BUT I'm watching UA-cam on my tablet several hours a day, and can't stop. I watch "educational" videos on science, tech, self improvement etc. and I never watch reels or prank videos or such.
Yes, YT is too addictive - especially when going deep into a new interesting topic and doing research. I don't consume other social media except Whats App for private messages.
It does not matter what you watch.
The result is the same.
The algorithm owns you. If they have your attention for hours on the toilet daily, they are your master.
The order in which Cal's video topics are released, are so perfectly timed with my current situations that its scary :)) Thankyou always lol
I call that state 'phomatose' - the state of being physically in a place and having your mind emerged in the digital. "That person was totally phomatose when they walked right into me."
Thank you for that. Everyone should hear this.
Thank you for this episode Cal I appreciate you:) this really allowed me to be aware of my poor habits with my phone and to make steps in the right direction
Cal, I like the new body metaphor. The “C Buckets” seem to be a little stretched to fit the alliteration.
I propose that you bring exercise into the “feet” at 42:14 . Maybe “Where you go.” Meant to represent how you express yourself in physical space. Where you live and what do you do there. I value living somewhere that I can walk to work to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I even remember back over 20 years ago when I felt stressed after consuming the first online (bad) news... Compared to todays content it was nothing to worry.
One of the most critical video for an average person,which they won't see and majority of those who has seen -wont implement- such irony.
Great one noneless.
I love this episode. It reminded me of the immediate change I felt when I bought my first iphone. p.s. The two books I have out now are Slow Productivity and Nature's Temples: The Complex World of Old-Growth Forests, you might appreciate the latter Cal. I think it probably has many metaphors for slow productivity. It's funny, the book covers are very similar :)
I first learned what Gallagher said in Rapt from Jordan Peterson lectures. It was paradigm-shifting for me.
We need a video about productivity and life balance and well-being with chronic illness and pain
Maybe a podcast with chronic illness thriver
If even you fail for it imagine the average folks. Me to, I judged my self aware, until the feed gets even stronger and stronger. I used to say one need a good and well put bachelor in philosophy in order to use internet nowadays without harm
I haven't heard you discuss that which is now worse than phones: Smart Watches. Now everyone looks at their stupid watches!! So annoying when you're talking to someone and they keep looking at their watch. TERRIBLE!!
Agreed. It’s so rude when people do this. Now they are chained to their devices at all times. It was a brilliant move for apple, to get people absolutely attached and plugged in at all times. and people fell for it.
It’s the notifications that keep going off every 20 mins for no reason. I don’t wear mine as much anymore and went back to Casio watches. Free from the mind control 😊
@@Psa46 Casios are great!! Old school!
I think of my smartwatch as a bridge. It is less distracting and keeps me out of deep rabbit holes while allowing me to see any important communication.
It goes without saying (for me) that you shouldn’t be rude when interacting with the people around you.
Once you start it's very hard to stop
Cal needs a new shirt. Also Cal looking at twitter constantly on his phone for a week is funny. Even the master Cal can get sucked in.
technology is literally the best or the worst thing for us depending how we use it in my opinion
Hey Cal, You dismissed the need of meditation such as Sam Harris' podcast. You said you dont need to meditate if your waking hours dont have as much stimulus. But this is not the reason for meditation. Sam Harris' reason for meditation is not mere calming of the mind after a frantic day. No. Is is much much mire spiritual than that. Before judging others and there ideas on your assumptions, try to read a bit of what they are writing or saying. I wrote off sam harris becuz of your comment on some episode. Years later i found myself keep pointing to harris' practice. His ideas are much more profound than what you assume.
1. People lie.
Western ethics aren’t purely Jewish, Plato and Aristotle and profound impacts on Agustine and Aquinas. Reading a book on Jewish (or more broadly, Ancient Israelite) ethics is kind of like only looking at one of your parents’ family histories for a medical review, or maybe even only one of your grandparents.
To be fair the teenage girls who live on their phones and check it 1000 times a day skews the statistics.
Noooooooo not betterhelp! 😩 please research your sponsors!
Not ai Mr Newport noooooo don’t you like the environment and supporting human artistry?
Agreed
Why do you use email?
Think of the poor postman who lost his job because of you.
See how ridiculous that sounds?
Technology is ambivalent, if its useful and saves him time, let him be.
@@ij9375cringe lmao
AI-generated thumbnail art is really bad taste
Why?
I agree. Give me nightmares no jokes.
@@joshuairwin3385 1. Most AI art has the "AI art look", which usually looks odd, creepy, uncanny. It's a big turn-off for a lot of people. 2. It then also gives a poor association to the UA-cam content creator who is using the art. Now I think of Cal Newport as the kind of person who wants to use AI art and thinks this look good. Fair or not, I look at him slightly differently now. I don't think I'm alone in this. AI art has a big ick-factor.
@@mjpond I think you're alone in this. Just because the man uses AI as a tool for creative purposes doesn't detract from the value of his core message, which is minimizing time on social media. If you're in the "avoid AI camp, no matter what", you're going to be left behind, I assure you.