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Cal Newport

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Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And this was really important.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And these factors were here, but honestly, those factors aren't as big as you think.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And this factor really was more important.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And so like this really was the right thing to do.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

So even like your notion of,

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

what's true or what's not true or what it means for something to be clear is like different than if you're just looking at boom, slam dunk.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

I think it's a big problem online.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

Both sides of the political spectrum do this.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

Like you want everything just to be this person is just garbage and completely wrong.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And there's like this one simple thing I know.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

that means you're completely wrong and I'm completely right, and you're wrong in like the worst possible sort of way.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And that is like such a sophilific, I'm saying the word wrong.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

Yeah, exactly.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

You said it, right?

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

I have to read more.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

But it's sophistry for sure, right?

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

This idea of this is how truth and argument unfolds is like there's an obvious flaw that's easy for me to grok,

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

which I guess now could actually be a verb as opposed to just meaning to understand.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

Also, I could literally grok it, I guess.

Modern Wisdom
#1067 - Cal Newport - The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back)

And now it's clear that you're wrong and I feel righteous, you know.