Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
The Science of Awe
The Science of Awe: This white paper explores the nature of awe, what elicits it, who is more prone to experiencing it, and the effects it has on individuals.
ggsc.berkeley.eduMindfulness Research and conferencing
awe
Uncertainty is our only certainty when it comes to AI and the future of work. This does not mean workers, busi -nesses, and the government have no options to prepare for that future. The most important step they can take is to promote and strengthen workers’ noncognitive skills to enhance their ability to adapt and persevere amid rapid change.
Brent Orrell • The Age of Uncertainty—and Opportunity: Work in the Age of AI
A popular narrative now casts all living entities as ‘machines’ built by genes, as Richard Dawkins called them. For Mayr, biology was unique among the sciences precisely because its objects of study possessed a program that encoded apparent purpose, design and agency into what they do. On this view, agency doesn’t actually manifest in the moment of... See more
Philip Ball • Life With Purpose
Agency and consciousness
Memory Can be Enhanced, Manipulated, and Edited. Will the Future of Memory be Ethical?
Ananya Singhtheswaddle.com
memory construction and conferencing
enhancing memory
Together, wanting and liking encourage us to pursue rewards. But these sensations can also stand alone, creating situations where you might know that you enjoy something but don’t want to go after it, or where you might have a strong desire for something that you don’t get much pleasure from.
You can want things you don’t like and like things you don’t want | Psyche Ideas
addiction and
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Galen Strawson • Article
Focused attention, open monitoring and loving kindness meditation: effects on attention, conflict monitoring, and creativity – A review
frontiersin.org
Focused attention, open, and creativity - research
phones and
when uncomfortable
our capacity for growth and creativity is not lost with a diagnosis of dementia.