Cal Newport

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22,793 appearances 40 recordings 5 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 14 Sep

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport · The AI Resistance is Forming. (Should You Join?) · 14 Sep 2026 podcast

I mean, I'd put it as simple as I'd rather support Team Human than put my effort into increasing the stock valuations of Sam Altman's private equity holdings, right? podcast-host

Yeah, they're all pretty weird. podcast-host

All right, I want to end here by reading something you posted on Instagram recently, which I think is another good summary of what we just talked about. podcast-host

So you wrote, we are at a point in history, not nearing it, but here, where everyone is going to have to decide if they are content to numb themselves with an endless stream of fentanyl-like digital slop, or if they're going to fight for their humanity and touch grass and challenge themselves and create and contribute and love. podcast-host

I'm with you. podcast-host

I want to do that latter thing that you're talking about podcast-host

And I don't think I need a ton of AI in my life to do it. podcast-host

And if those things appeal to you, then it's okay that you're not right now trying to configure your private swarm of AI monsters to do whatever the hell you saw on a YouTube channel somewhere. podcast-host

Brad, I appreciate you coming on, making the pitch for Team Human in an age in which AI is increasingly being shoved down our throat in a sort of ambiguous, unsettling way. podcast-host

Hopefully a lot of people take you up on it. podcast-host

I think Brad's book, The Way of Excellence, gives you a good primer of what matters in life and what is degraded when you instead are just seeking out efficiency and quantity. podcast-host

So, Brad, always a pleasure. podcast-host

Thanks for once again joining the show. podcast-host

All right. podcast-host

So that was my conversation with Brad Stolberg. podcast-host

I sort of like where we ended up is a call to support Team Human instead of trying to support the valuation of Sam Altman Stock Holdings. podcast-host

But anyways, all this is up for debate. podcast-host

Interesting direction to start thinking about. podcast-host

I mean, I like these notions of struggle is good. podcast-host

Learning to do hard things is good. podcast-host

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