What Cal Newport thinks about mathematics
Computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Deep Work, Digital Minimalism and Slow Productivity. He has written the blog Study Hacks since 2007 and contributes to The New Yorker.
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2 dated positions, 2009 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Cal Newport has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsBut if you zoom out, it becomes clear that almost every “breakthrough” since last summer has concerned the narrow domains of computer code and math, which are defined by highly structured languages and come accompanied by massive amounts of specialized training data.
↗On AI Coding and Its Discontentscalnewport.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Our readingWork that matters requires tolerating discomfort and boredom rather than escaping into distraction.
Their wordsExceptional things — be it ideas, writing, mathematics, or art — require hard work. This, in turn, requires boring stretches during which you ignore a mind pleading with you to seek novel stimuli
↗Have We Lost Our Tolerance For a Little Boredom?calnewport.com