Book · 2021 · nyt:advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous=2021-03-21
A World Without Email
Why people recommend it
A World Without Email by Cal Newport is an exploration of the modern communication overload and a manifesto for designing daily routines around autonomy and deep focus rather than constant connectivity. Andrew Huberman recommended the book on Huberman Lab, praising it alongside Deep Work as an essential read for avoiding the pitfalls of constant context switching. Lex Fridman similarly shared on his podcast that Newport's books symbolize the focused lifestyle he aims to maintain. On The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday discussed the title with the author to explore communication overhead and autonomy. Cal Newport appeared on the show to discuss the book as his magnum opus on work and technology, noting elsewhere that it focused heavily on negative aspects of modern corporate communication. Chris Williamson highlighted the text on Modern Wisdom as a vision of an ideal, distraction-free work life, while a guest host on Huberman Lab noted that the Georgetown computer science professor outlines the profound career, relationship, and life value of reducing digital distractions.
Who recommended it
- Chris Williamson Recommended
- Andrew Huberman Recommended
- Lex Fridman Recommended
- Cal Newport Discussed
- Ryan Holiday Discussed
Chris Williamson — 4 mentions
“I mean, your last book was A World Without Email, which I dream of. Um, and, uh, your fantasy.”
“Yeah, he's been on the show about a world without email, which is his new book that he is trying to turn people's worlds upside down with.”
“a world without email will be linked in the show notes below you're also a digital ghost so asking where people can get you online is kind of kind of a little bit difficult”
“i've got cal newport coming on uh later this week in his new books a world without email”
Andrew Huberman — 3 mentions
“He's also written an excellent book, "A world without Email."”
“I'm a big fan of Cal Newport who wrote the book "Deep work." He's also written an excellent book, "A world without Email."”
“His new book is called "A World Without Email." I'm beginning to realize, as I cite off these books and your book, "Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence", that maybe the reason why you two don't know about one another is because neither of you are on social media.”
Lex Fridman — 3 mentions
“he has a new book out called a world without email where he argues brilliantly i would say that email is destroying productivity in companies and in our lives”
“there's like deep work which uh and the the world without email books that to me symbolize the life i i want to live”
“i wrote a book you wrote uh yet another amazing book uh world without email”
Cal Newport — 2 mentions
“like we just all hate having lots of emails to respond to which of course is the the concept of the new book yeah my my sort of magna opus magnum opus on work and tech related writing”
“so the book deep work is about that the book of world without email is about the the structural and organizational obstacles to having this more fulfilling work”
Ryan Holiday — 1 mention
“and so when i think about your the other book this is the the new email book a world without email”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 2
“The worst-performing book of my last three or four was 'A World Without Email' because I was focusing on the negative.”
“We have a future guest on this podcast named Cal Newport; he wrote the book Deep Work, and he has another book called The World Without Email. He's a computer science professor at Georgetown where he talks extensively about the tremendous career, but also relationship and life value of doing essentially what you're describing.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- Deep Work
- So Good They Can't Ignore You
- Advice for a Young Investigator
- Altered Traits
- Amusing Ourselves to Death
- Best-Selling Series by Dr. Anna Lembke. Dopamine Nation Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (hardcover) & the Official Dopamine Nation Workbook. a Practical Guide to Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (paperback)
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“When I contemplate your other book, 'A World Without Email,' I think about how I want my day to look.”
“This brings us back to one of the ideas from the book, which is to be crystal clear about what we do right.”
“His new book is called "A World Without Email."”
“so the book deep work is about that the book of world without email is about the the structural and organizational obstacles to having this more fulfilling work”
“you talk about this in in the new email book is the process”
“so i i wrote a there's originally was a new yorker piece from a year or two ago called was email a mistake and then it's in the book too”
“a lot of your work is what inspired this deep thinking about productivity from all the different angles”