The Death Grip of Email

Constantly checking your email might feel like textbook responsible work behavior but, according to Cal Newport — a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and author of A World Without Email — it can actually wreak havoc on productivity. Newport argues that our out-of-control inboxes are keeping us from being the thinkers, workers, and problem solvers we could be if email ran our lives less.

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The Death Grip of Email is an episode from Innovation Hub by WGBH.

This episode is 49:49 long.

This episode was published on Jun 18, 2021.

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