Internet addictions and vomiting monasteries
Damchoe Wangmo, a Canadian-born Buddhist nun living in India, pointed me to an article in Vietnam Nam News about Vietnamese temples offering programs for Internet addiction:It is an
My interview on ABC Encounter
Last week I was on an Australian radio show, Encounter, in an episode on "Worship 2.0." via flickr I appear about 40 minutes into the hour-long show, but
Who holds the keys to weapons of mass distraction?
From Jesse Fox's Church of Facebook: I often complain about life’s little distractions; things like Facebook and a too-long to-do list and too many people to keep up
Another data-point from the intersection of technology and religion
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Digitalnun on contemplative computing
Digitalnun, the prioress at Holy Trinity monastery just outside Oxford, write about contemplative computing: From time to time, someone asks how long I spend online. It is the
Encounter
Monday I was interviewed for the Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio show Encounter, which deals with contemporary religion and society. I talked about contemplative computing and spirituality. The show
Orthodox spirituality’s design lessons for modern technology
Via Rosie Perera's Faith and Technology blog (which I highly recommend you read, if you're not already familiar with it), I read this morning an essay by the
Steve Jobs and Buddhism
A long, interesting piece on PLOS Blogs' NeuroTribe asks, "What kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs?" Not in the sense of lineage or doctrinal belief-- he was most
From Merton, “Contemplation in a World of Action”
In contemplation, the "doors of perception" are opened [and] all life takes on a completely new meaning: the real sense of our own existence, which is normally veiled
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