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Classic Episode: How Do I Kick My Scrolling Habit? | Monday Advice

Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 17 August 2026. The book comes up at 21 min 45 sec in.

Cal Newport points to Arnold Bennett's early-twentieth-century book to support the argument that an exhausted brain does not need passive downtime. He summarises Bennett's claim that switching to unrelated high-quality leisure actually raises energy, and contrasts this with the low-quality pursuits—drinking, card-playing, popular music—that Bennett's striving middle-class readers were tempted by.

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