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# Cal Newport

## Profile
Author and computer science professor at Georgetown University. Known for *Deep Work*, *Slow Productivity*, and a sustained body of work on focused cognition and the cultural mechanics of knowledge work.

## Role in This Source
Cited by [[entity-nate-b-jones]] for his analysis of **why agents work** — specifically his framing that agents perform best in constrained, text-based environments with unambiguous feedback signals.

Newport's broader corpus on deep work and slow productivity is the intellectual lineage behind [[concept-temporal-separation]] (the Build Mode / Reflect Mode discipline) and the action [[action-reflect-mode]].

## Canonical Reference
https://calnewport.com/ — books include *Deep Work*, *A World Without Email*, *Slow Productivity*.