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Oof, that's a harsh take, what's your support?

• tomdell 3y ago
  My support is first-hand experience and major disappointment buying and reading his most popular book - Deep Work. It was a borderline insulting read in its lukewarm repackaging of common sense wisdom and other people's original research.
• drlolz 3y ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/books/review/slow-productivity-cal-newport.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/books/review/slow-product...
  • gnicholas 3y ago
    > In his acknowledgments, he thanks his wife for “putting up with all the sacrifices involved in having a partner with a troubling addiction to writing books,” You'd think there'd be fewer sacrifices involved, given that he's mostly just writing one book, multiple times. /s