Book · 2021 · nyt:advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous=2021-03-21
A World Without Email
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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.
Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2021 Listen at 0:12 What they say about it
- Pairs the book with Deep Work“wrote the book deep work”3
- Praises the author and book“an excellent book”2
- Discusses Georgetown professor Cal Newport“computer science professor at Georgetown”2
The best things said about it
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.
Andrew Huberman Huberman Lab · Sep 2021 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.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Mar 2021 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.
Andrew Huberman Huberman Lab · Feb 2024 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.
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.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Dec 2021 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.
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A World Without Email by Cal Newport is a productivity and workplace management book that examines how constant digital communication damages deep focus and proposes structural alternatives to modern corporate culture. On Huberman Lab, Andrew Huberman recommended the book alongside Deep Work, praising the author's insights into eliminating constant context switching and reducing workplace distractions. Chris Williamson similarly recommended the volume on Modern Wisdom while directing listeners to show notes, and later revisited the book's premise during a subsequent interview with the author. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Lex Fridman cited Newport's work as a guiding symbol for the intentional lifestyle he strives to maintain. During an episode of The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday and Cal Newport discussed the core concepts of the book, with Newport describing the text as his magnum opus on work and technology-related writing that addresses the universal exhaustion caused by overflowing inboxes. Across these conversations, hosts emphasized the tremendous career, relationship, and personal value of reclaiming autonomy over one's daily routine by rethinking how organizations handle communication overhead and digital connectivity.
Every mention
Andrew Huberman He's also written an excellent book, "A world without Email." 4
Discussed
“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”
Discussed
“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.”
Discussed
“Yeah, then there's a another one which is A World Without Email that he wrote recently.”
Recommended
“He's also written an excellent book, "A world without Email."”
Recommended
“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."”
Discussed
“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.”
Chris Williamson a world without email will be linked in the show notes below you're also a digital ghost so asking where pe… 4
Discussed
“I mean, your last book was A World Without Email, which I dream of. Um, and, uh, your fantasy.”
Discussed
“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.”
Recommended
“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”
Discussed
“i've got cal newport coming on uh later this week in his new books a world without email”
Lex Fridman there's like deep work which uh and the the world without email books that to me symbolize the life i i wan… 1
Discussed
“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”
Recommended
“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”
Discussed
“i wrote a book you wrote uh yet another amazing book uh world without email”
Cal Newport like we just all hate having lots of emails to respond to which of course is the the concept of the new boo… 2
Discussed
“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”
Discussed
“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”
Marshall Kosloff so let's talk about then specifically the book you know world without email 1
Discussed
“so let's talk about then specifically the book you know world without email”
Ryan Holiday and so when i think about your the other book this is the the new email book a world without email 1
Discussed
“and so when i think about your the other book this is the the new email book a world without email”
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“Then uh I wrote a book after that called A World Without Email. And in that book, I was arguing”
Plugged
“The worst-performing book of my last three or four was 'A World Without Email' because I was focusing on the negative.”
Plugged
“because this is our internal war is I wrote a world without email and then he wrote this New York Times oped”
Plugged
“Newport is the author of seven books. That's a lot of books, man. Including, most recently, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and a world without email.”
Plugged
“When I contemplate your other book, 'A World Without Email,' I think about how I want my day to look.”
Plugged
“This brings us back to one of the ideas from the book, which is to be crystal clear about what we do right.”
Passing
“His new book is called "A World Without Email."”
Plugged
“a world without email is inevitable it's just a matter of whether you're going to get to that late or early if you want to get there early”
Passing
“you talk about this in in the new email book is the process”
Plugged
“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”
Passing
“a lot of your work is what inspired this deep thinking about productivity from all the different angles”
Plugged
“because i had spent four years leading right up to the pandemic writing this book about the future of work and email”