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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(08:24) - Deep work
\n(13:10) - Focus
\n(18:52) - Time blocking
\n(25:47) - Deadlines
\n(35:22) - Do less, do better, know why
\n(38:04) - Clubhouse
\n(52:07) - Burnout
\n(58:34) - Boredom
\n(1:06:19) - Quit social media for 30 days
\n(1:16:13) - Social media
\n(1:41:21) - How email destroyed our productivity at work
\n(1:51:07) - How we fix email
\n(1:58:09) - Over-optimization
\n(2:02:23) - When to use email and when not to
\n(2:10:06) - Podcasting
\n(2:14:42) - Alan Turing proving the impossible
\n(2:18:41) - Fragility of math in the face of randomness
\n(2:27:30) - Neural networks
\n(2:36:16) - What will the P=NP proof look like?
\n(2:39:55) - Is math discovered or invented?
\n(2:44:02) - Book publishing
\n(2:54:09) - Love
\n(2:57:30) - Death
\n(3:00:26) - Meaning of life