Cal Newport

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23,606 appearances 41 recordings 5 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 21 Sep

Cal Newport’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 41 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 9.

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I'm not someone who writes reviews of new technology, right? podcast-host

Like, I'm trying to do the things I'm doing. podcast-host

And that's my standard. podcast-host

So I feel that same way about AI now is that to argue, is it useful or not? podcast-host

Wrong conversation. podcast-host

To argue, is it dangerous or harmless? podcast-host

People should have that conversation. podcast-host

You don't have to have that conversation. podcast-host

Is the conversation, the people in charge of it are heroes or rogues? podcast-host

Maybe a good conversation for some people to have. podcast-host

You don't have to care about that conversation. podcast-host

The conversation that matters for you, is my life deep and meaningful? podcast-host

Can this technology, if deployed in specific ways, make it better or worse there? podcast-host

And where the answer is worse, I'm not going to use it. podcast-host

And where the answer is better, then maybe I will. podcast-host

And you know what? podcast-host

It might be a couple years before you even have many of those use cases. podcast-host

Maybe you never will, and that's fine. podcast-host

Yeah, which technology does. podcast-host

It's just what it does. podcast-host

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