This week, This Week in Deep Questions with Cal Newport explores the tension between mastering fundamental skills and navigating rapid technological change. The show examines both timeless challenges—how to develop competence in difficult domains—and urgent contemporary questions about whether recent AI breakthroughs represent genuine progress toward artificial general intelligence.
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