In Deep Work by Cal Newport, he motivates his thesis with "a philosophical argument for depth." I'm not one who needed convincing, but I was intrigued by the work of Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly that Newport cites.

Dreyfus and Kelly argue in the conclusion of All Things Shining …

After reading Cal Newport's A World Without Email, I've embraced taking on the "The Hyperactive Hive Mind" that is incessant email communication.

My first order of business was adding to my email signature a message with my commitment of an email 5 sentences or less. In his blog, Mike Davidson …