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Rethinking the Deep Life Stack (Again!) | Monday Advice

Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 31 August 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 14 min in. Said by Cal Newport.

Cal Newport describes finishing this Daniel Silva thriller, picked up at a remainder table on vacation. He explains Silva's recurring character Gabriel Alon—a Mossad-trained assassin turned world-famous art restorer—and summarises the plot: a lost Leonardo is discovered in the Vatican archive, the mob gets involved, and the painting is eventually auctioned for around $500 million.

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