Digital Dualism versus Augmented Reality:
I am proposing an alternative view that states that our reality is both technological and organic, both digital and physical, all at once.
Tag Archives: thinking
Patrick Rhone, writing about your two brains:
This is also not to say that you can’t both be fast and good — you can. This is just to say that the chances of you doing your best work are far greater if you allow your slow brain to engage and evolve at the same rate as the fast. If you take your time. If you slow down.
Solitude and Leadership
I find for myself that my first thought is never my best thought. My first thought is always someone else’s; it’s always what I’ve already heard about the subject, always the conventional wisdom. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all… Continue reading →
Our Digital Ethos
I disavow the notion that technology should change our lives. Technology should improve our lives in small, meaningful ways. It should nudge, provoke, surprise, inform, and yes, connect on a grand scale. But it should not presume to know too much. Nathan Heleine — Our Digital… Continue reading →
Science Proves You’re Stupid. Terrific article about the human brain. Wonderful little nuggets like “The feeling of knowing is just that, a sensation.”
Seven ways to think like the web. Jon Udell writes about principles people apply when working well together online. Filled with links to related posts as well.
The attention-span myth
Virginia Heffernan disputes the traditional notion of an attention-span. Good to see someone confront Nicholas Carr’s notion that technology causes brain damage. I’m surprised that anyone ventures so far into this thicket of sophistry. I get stuck much earlier in the equation. Everyone has an… Continue reading →