the technological history of modernity
I’m going to try to piece a few things together here, so hang on for the ride — I have been reading and enjoying...
Tag: attention
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withdrawals and commitments
I posted this on my personal blog, but on reflection I’m thinking that it has a place here, especially with our...
on the attention economy
Let me zero in on what I think is the key paragraph in my friend Chad Wellmon’s response to some of my theses: But...
learning attention
Here at Baylor’s Honors Program, we offer first year seminars that are meant to introduce our students to the...
popularity sort
The problem with Instapaper’s new Popularity Sort — essentially, an engine for finding out what everyone else...
bodies and minds
Really interesting brief essay by Linda Stone: In our current relationship with technology, we bring our bodies, but...
anxieties of influence
Ezra Klein’s response to the current books-that-most-influenced-me meme is interesting: He says that in such...
the dangers of focus?
Sam Anderson’s argument that “unwavering focus . . . can actually be just as problematic as ADHD” is...