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In the world of texting and social media, navigating friendships and social interactions is difficult for kids. They come up with clever solutions, though! 
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HD Worldwide invited Jason Silva, a filmmaker, futurist and technophilosopher, to give the delegates a sense of the vast possibilities that are ahead in healthcare.
Bart Everson's insight:
This article is more tantalizing than informative
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Mindfulness. Zen. Acem. Meditation drumming. Chakra. Buddhist and transcendental meditation. There are countless ways of meditating, but the purpose behind them all remains basically the same: more peace, less stress, better concentration, greater self-awareness and better processing of thoughts and ...
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MRI comparison of different meditation techniques.
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A mind game that has enhanced my appreciation of the universe began when, on a clear day somewhere in the 60s, I sat on a park bench overlooking the Ohio river. Having recently read about op...
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From a great blog on contemplative photography, this post includes a technology-inspired meditation on the immensity of the Earth and the Cosmos.
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From
theweek
Stressed-out Americans, from war veterans to Google workers, are embracing mindfulness meditation. Does it really work?
Bart Everson's insight:
Nice overview of the current wave of interest in mindfulness, with particular attention to the tech-driven aspect. A good starting point for the curious.
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They say you can t be neutral on a moving train. So can you be mindful on a Google bus? Confrontation This weekend, as three Google presenters took the stage to discuss mindfulness and tech at the annual Wisdom 2.0 conference, they found themselves interrupted by a handful of protesters unfurling a large banner.
Bart Everson's insight:
A defense of the Wisdom 2.0 protest.
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The evangelists of unplugging might just have another agenda
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At last! A critical look at Silicon Valley's recent obsession with mindfulness. I especially like the coining of this phrase: "the acceleration-distraction complex"
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My 13-year-old daughter and I attended a portion of this past week's Wisdom 2.0 conference held in San Francisco. If you've never gone, it's a kind of Burning Man meets Facebook, where spiritualists and new agers collide with the tech worlds to explo...
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I always hesitate to link to HuffPo because the pages are loaded with so enough cruft to choke many browsers — but here's a review of Wisdom 2.0 through the eyes of a 13-year-old. Awesome.
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A simple, fun and free mindfulness and compassion building tool for teens, available for iOS.
Bart Everson's insight:
A new meditation app for iPad and iPhone
Ross Louis's curator insight,
January 27, 2014 8:01 PM
Considering introducing this to college students too, after trying it out with my middle-school, high-school kids. 
Katie Muirhead's curator insight,
August 20, 2014 11:17 AM
I like this idea for the implementation of modern mindfulness- a meditation app! When our brains are flitting from one thing to the next, it could hardly be a bad thing to be distracted by meditation. Great idea with a simple design, very appropriate to this subject.
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We constantly interrupt our experiences to make a record of them.
Bart Everson's insight:
Sherry Turkle doesn't mention meditation or mindfulness but it's heavily implied in this thoughtful op-ed.
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Bart Everson's insight:
Another article hyping mindfulness for 2014 — with plenty of reference to technology
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NEW YORK — Forget the fear of missing out. In 2014, trend watcher JWT thinks JOMO — the joy of missing out — will take deeper root in the mainstream.
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“Over the past several years we’ve let technology rule us and now we’re ready to rule it and find a balance in our lives because we realize technology is here to stay but it’s fundamentally changing our relationships, our behaviors, perhaps even our brains.”
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A response to Purser & Loy's widely-read article on McMindfulness. Here, Kozak thoughtfully defends corporate mindfulness programs as a "disruptive technology."
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For the last few years there’s been a growing uproar in San Francisco rooted in dismay and anger over ballooning rents, historically high eviction rates, and other markers of the intense gentrification that has been happening for 15 years or so — if I choose the tech boom of the 90s as a convenient recent…
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A critique of Silicon Valley's current interest in mindfulness
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Mindfulness has become a buzzword in business media, but is the co-opted Eastern philosophy just for the power players of Silicon Valley? We take a...
Bart Everson's insight:
The tech-driven craze for mindfulness is considered, but the author also notes how mindfulness is being used in "struggling school systems."
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Chade-Meng Tan, the search engine giant's Jolly Good Fellow, on meditation, acceptance and the power of positive business
Bart Everson's insight:
This is really kind of amazing.
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David Levy's University of Washington course has students meditating and mono-tasking in order to help them take the upper hand in the growing global issue of tech distraction
Bart Everson's insight:
A class on "Information and Contemplation" from the incomparable David Levy!
Judih Weinstein Haggai's curator insight,
April 21, 2014 12:56 AM
Bravo Prof David Levy! You helped me and I know you will help others mindful practice while using tech
Katie Muirhead's curator insight,
August 20, 2014 11:09 AM
This professor seems to have identified the issue if technological distractions and has actually implemented a seemingly very valuable class. Maybe this is the way that we, as a society achieve modern mindfulness- by having it taught through institutions. I think it is important to strive towards mindfulness oneself, though a bit of guided time management for the technological age could be incredibly valuable!
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The Zen master discusses his advice for Google and other tech giants on being a force for good in the world
Bart Everson's insight:
"Time is not money. Time is life, time is love."
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As big corporations embrace meditation, some Buddhists fear their religion's being co-opted by elites
Bart Everson's insight:
Buddhist protest at Wisdom 2.0!
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One of the reasons we’re never done talking about mindfulness is that it’s an evolving practice. When thinking about helping a company to change, to evolve, I’m struck by the relationship between Darwinian evolution and mindfulness.
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Transcript from a presentation at Wisdom 2.0
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In this time of inner-peace-seeking, meditating, chia-seed-chomping CEOs, there is a new movement of Tech Humanists emerging. Can they bring a sense...
Bart Everson's insight:
I couldn't possible add anything that tops that title. A fun, insightful and sympathetic treatment.
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Nearing the end of first semester at Northfield High School, students are zipping through the school year.
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Youth use mindfulness to address iPad distraction.
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In an age when we're constantly being distracted, being able to focus is the golden goose.We may thank technology platforms like Twitter and Facebook for shrinking our attention spans down to nanoseconds,...
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Wire service coverage of the Wisdom 2.0 conference.
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1. The Sharing Economy: Peer-to-peer Exchanges Take Off Anyone can now become a micro-entrepreneur — using the internet to rent, sell or swap everything from spare bedrooms to parked cars, second-hand clothes, electronic devices and even skills...
Bart Everson's insight:
Mindfulness makes another tech trendspotting list. (See #7)
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Smartphones, sometimes seen as a distraction, could be the opposite by helping users stay attentive to achieve goals, a U.S. researcher says.
Katie Muirhead's curator insight,
August 20, 2014 11:25 AM
"Harmony between what we know and what we do"- with all the available information on social media distractions, infotention and mindfulness, I think looking at these sorts of apps is the way forward. Putting down a phone is obviously hard for the vast majority, so why not make the phone work for us? |
