Another data-point in “we’re too busy to think”
From Gregory Treverton's recent article in the Prospect on intelligence work, this example of how the rush to production crowds out contemplation-- and thus serious insight. [T]he crown
AC Grayling on the decline of academic contemplation
It's now rather old, but I wanted to note this piece by philosopher AC Grayling about the ways assessments are forcing universities to focus on measurable productivity
Photography as a technology that invites skill
One of the lines of argument I'm developing most strongly in the contemplative computing project is that contemplation (and more generally, any kind of sustained concentration or focus)
Csikszentmihalyi on memory and flow
From Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's Flow: All forms of mental flow depend on memory, either directly or indirectly. (121)... As far back as there are records of human intelligence, the