📚 10 Books mentioned in "Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166" of Lex Fridman Podcast

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

The host mentions Cal Newport's new book 'A World Without Email' and its central argument.

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have you read neil postman at all have you read like amusing ourselves to death it was a social critic technology critic um and wrote a lot about sort of technological determinism

Cal Newport asks if the host has read 'Amusing Ourselves to Death' by Neil Postman, discussing technological determinism.

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yeah like did you read the pale king it goes deep on boredom

Cal Newport asks if the host has read 'The Pale King' in the context of discussing boredom.

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he's a friend and someone who's writing like his book deep work for example has guided how i strive to approach productivity and life in general

The host introduces Cal Newport and mentions his book 'Deep Work' as influential on his approach to productivity.

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he doesn't use social media and in his book digital minimalism he encourages people to find the right amount of social media usage that provides value and joy

The host mentions Cal Newport's book 'Digital Minimalism' and its topic of finding the right amount of social media usage.

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well in the case of scott anderson he's good he's able to turn on like the inner troll and comedian and so on

Cal Newport mentions Scott Aaronson in the context of theoretical computer science and his ability to be humorous, likely referring to his blog and book.

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Then i published this book so good they can't ignore you which came out in 2012

Cal Newport mentions publishing his book 'So Good They Can't Ignore You'.

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i mean aristotle talked about this if you go back and and read the ethics he's trying to understand the meaning of life

Cal Newport mentions Aristotle and his work 'The Ethics' in the context of the meaning of life and deep contemplation.

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i mean this is francis collins book also he's like well that's a religious that could be a very religious notion

Cal Newport mentions Francis Collins' book in the context of evolution and religion.

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his second mountain wrote the character about these books or he has this whole premise of there's like this professional phase

Cal Newport mentions David Brooks' book 'The Second Mountain' in the context of different phases of life.

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