This week, This Week in Deep Questions with Cal Newport explores a recurring tension: how the tools we adopt to improve our work often undermine our actual performance. The show examines this paradox through two angles—the immediate costs of new productivity software and the longer arc of AI's impact on our capabilities—suggesting that our relationship with technology requires more skepticism than enthusiasm.
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