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SCOUT· 65%1h 11m·2025-07-28·TechnologyEp. 363: Escaping the Digital Doldrums
Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 363
What does Walt Disney’s malaise in the 1940s have to do with our current struggles with our screens? In this episode, Cal uses a little-known story from Disney’s midlife to identify an effective strategy for escaping the nerve-deadening, dull state created by spending more and more of your professional and personal…
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