Quit Social Media (Revisiting my Viral TED Talk, 8 Million Views Later) | Deep Questions Podcast

Cal Newport revisits his viral TED Talk on Quitting Social Media. Cal begins by explaining the back story to his TEDx talk back in 2016. Cal explains that social media really changed during the election of 2016. The floodgates to critique opened up. Cal talks about how social media should be like the Game of Thrones audience. Very niche, but no one cares if you're not a fan. Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #187DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 1:12 Cal talks about the context of his original talk 4:21 How TEDx changed the title 7:00 New York Times commissioned response op-ed 10:00 How Social Media companies shifted in 2016 12:55 Social Media universalism 18:00 Cambridge Analytica Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://bit.ly/3luGhca 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://bit.ly/3ppaafc About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast