This is kind of a catch-all post of some Cal Newport related things I’ve been reading, watching, and thinking about.

First is his new book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. I’ve barely started it so I can’t offer any kind of review. I will say from interacting with his materials in the past, his target audience is professionals and academics, not women at home or homeschool moms. That said, I can tell there are still valuable bits.

Quiet Revolt Against Social Media

Related to the book is this recent podcast/video of his which I found interesting. (Disclaimer – “True self” is not a Christian idea.) I recommend watching the first 33 minutes.

I don’t have the time today to do a write-up about this video. However, here are some things I jotted down while watching it. So much of this I’ve written about in the category Old-Fashioned Blogging.

Distributed Trust Model
Serendipitous Spread
Individual Trust
Curation By Humans

Blogrolls
Blog Hops
Link Ups

Bloggers already gave all this up for social media

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Also the answer to the question about LinkedIn is interesting. It’s not only about LinkedIn but social media in general.