Episodes

  • Conclusion

    Conclusion
    Dec 4 2024
    Conclusion The story of Microsoft’s founding has been told so many times that it’s entered the realm of legend. In the winter of 1974, a young Harvard student named Bill Gates sees the Altair, the world’s first personal computer, on the cover of Popular Electronics.
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    35 mins
  • Deep Work Is Rare

    Deep Work Is Rare
    Nov 28 2024
    Chapter 2 Deep Work Is Rare In 2012, Facebook unveiled the plans for a new headquarters designed by Frank Gehry.
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    11 mins
  • Deep Work in English (introduction)

    Deep Work in English (introduction)
    Nov 26 2024
    Introduction In the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, near the northern banks of Lake Zurich, is a village named Bollingen. In 1922, the psychiatrist Carl Jung chose this spot to begin building a retreat. He began with a basic two-story stone house he called the Tower. After returning from a trip to India, where he observed the practice of adding meditation rooms to homes, he expanded the complex to include a private office. “In my retiring room I am by myself,” Jung said of the space. “I keep the key with me all the time; no one else is allowed in there except with my permission.”
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    18 mins