But the overall concept of ruthlessly cutting out anything that is not “deep” is ultimately overly simplistic for most people.
This is my review of Cal Newport’s new book Deep Work, in which he makes the case that cultivating…
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Thank you for this. I would say most people’s analysis of ANYTHING is always going to be largely simplistic and reductionist.
Language itself is reductionist and over simplistic, even when describing the smallest thing.
Let alone someone trying to describe something as infinitely complex as a “process”, or a “personality”.
Hence the development of “Koans” in certain schools of thought as inherent contradictions, for ways of truly expanding the mind.
Language as truth is the surest way to blindness.
The truth will not be found through language.
Ever.