115! Revisiting Deep Work and Cinematic Universes

How can we fix knowledge work? And what’s the deal with all these cinematic universes? [33:58]

This week, Joey, Jess, and Aaron talk about fadoodling, hyperactive hive minds, Betamax and LaserDiscs, the initial conditions of a good universe, the MCU, and WandaVision. They don’t talk about how you can print money that smells like maple syrup.

references

• Our first conversation in May 2019 on Deep Work
• Baz Luhrmann’s "Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen"
• Cal Newport’s A World Without Email and Deep Work
• The Ezra Klein Show: Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This‪.‬
• Why did LaserDiscs fail?
• Edwin Abbott Abbott’s Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
• One of our old favorites: The Pixar (Universe) Theory
• Peter Hamilton’s Pandora’s Star and the Commonwealth Saga series of science fiction novels
• Why WandaVision’s Monica Rambeau is too powerful for Marvel movies