Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
Adoption of potentially consciousness-altering practices may be leading to a rise in emergent phenomena (EP): sudden unusual mental or somatic experiences often interpreted as spiritual, mystical, energetic, or magical in nature. It is unclear how frequently these altered states of consciousness occur and what the clinical implications may be.
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Immeasurables
While it’s tempting to play with scenario planning and leave it at the implications, we must not hide behind the data, deck or titles of our roles, protecting us from the vulnerability of getting out there and doing the messy work: making the futures we wish to see.
Matt Klein • Foresight as Activism: Researching vs. Making Culture
Do animals experience mental illness?
Modern science shows animals and humans may experience fear-based anxiety in similar ways.
Modern science shows animals and humans may experience fear-based anxiety in similar ways.
Do animals experience mental illness?
what would education look like if the goal is human and planetary flourishing?
Why the ‘human capital theory’ era of education is over
The idea that all our choices are determined by past events may seem dispiriting – but it can be emotionally liberating
Francis Merson • Recognise free will is an illusion and reap the emotional benefits | Psyche Ideas
Speech is special: The stress effects of speech, noise, and silence during tasks requiring concentration - PubMed
Jenni Radunpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
silence and
UO
Telling stories is a process of mattering. Who matters? When we tell stories, we make ethical choices about who to bring in and who to leave out. We cannot bring in all of the voices. The voices themselves only come to exist once we recognize them. The in-between power increases the probability that we notice the voices, listen to the voices and... See more
New stories of power that matter
mattering and narratives