_Deep Work _ as encapsulization of the parable of the sower:

[The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.…”].

Abridged King James Version of the Bible, emphasis added to make the point about “going deep” and the “E-Machine”.

See, Matthew, chapter 13 for the parable of the sower excerpted here. Deepness matters.

Entry by John Rubens, discussion leader for http://ucsdeducation.pbc.guru selection: Deep Work by Cal Newport.