Book Titles

A World Without Email
Reimagining work in an age of communication overload

By Cal Newport

Year Published: 2021
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-53655-0
Categories: Communication, E-Mail, Thinking

118 Quotes Found

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A World Without Email:

Constant communication is not something that gets in the way of real work; it has instead become totally intertwined in how this work actually gets done…

A World Without Email:

The Hyperactive Hive Mind: A workflow centered around ongoing conversation fueled by unstructured and unscheduled messages delivered through digital communication tools…

A World Without Email:

…context switches, even if brief, introduce a heavy cost in terms of mental energy – reducing cognitive performance and creating a sense of exhaustion…

A World Without Email:

…this constant state of unease is a low-grade background hum of anxiety that many inbox-bound knowledge workers have come to assume is unavoidable…

A World Without Email:

Our belief that frenetic communication is somehow synonymous with work is largely a backfilled narrative we tell ourselves to make sense of sudden changes…

A World Without Email:

The future of work is increasingly cognitive.

A World Without Email:

…the hive mind, though convenient, is a disastrously ineffective way to organize our efforts.

A World Without Email:

…if we want to extract the full potential of digital network in professional settings, we must continually and aggressively try to optimize how we use them.