Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
But what I think AI needs is a second mode where you're in an unfamiliar situation, something novel is happening that you've never experienced before. You become hyper aware, you become conscious of what's going on, and then you're able to make intuitive decisions about what to do."
Ghost in the machine: The race toward conscious, sentient AI
When people suppressed their fearful thoughts, as opposed to vividly imagining them, they were markedly less anxious about those thoughts later. They also rated their fears as less vivid and remembered them less.
Shayla Love • Should You Confront Your Worries or Try to Banish Them?
The brain evaluates the images it is processing against a “reality threshold.” If the signal passes the threshold, the brain thinks it’s real; if it doesn’t, the brain thinks it’s imagined.
Yasemin Saplakoglu • Is It Real or Imagined? How Your Brain Tells the Difference. | Quanta Magazine
Because their thoughts, words and actions are infused with wisdom andcompassion, a person rooted in the present moment is like a brightly shining star that can be used to help navigate in thedark. They invigorate those around them and point out theway to individuals wanting to leave behind mindless livingand find their inner self. Their capacity to... See more
Dr Edo Shonin • Mindfulness: the Art of Being Human
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Vaiphei Suantak • Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Well-being: A Scoping Review
Mindfulness and Mindfulness Research
this is a mess. All you have to do? Try?
Decades later, scientists are starting to unravel how our wet, spongy, slippery organs talk to the brain and how the brain talks back. That two-way communication, known as interoception, encompasses a complex, bodywide system of nerves and hormones. Much recent exploration has focused on the vagus nerve: a massive, meandering network of more than... See more
Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape ...
interoception and
the nervous system is not only a biological entity but also a complex network highly responsive to personal interests. This concept suggests that when individuals engage in activities they are genuinely interested in, their nervous system is more likely to respond positively, leading to increased focus, creativity, and overall well-being.
Neurodiversity Education Academy • Understanding Interest-Based Nervous System (Part 1)
The home of the Utopian impulse was architecture rather than painting or sculpture. Painting can make us happy, but building is the art we live in; it is the social art par excellence, the carapace of political fantasy, the exoskeleton of one’s economic dreams. It is also the one art nobody can escape.
From Utopia to Futurescapes: Futures Literacy for Next Generations of Architects and Designers * Journal of Futures Studies
Futures thinking and
Whatever action I take, walking, eating and excreting, incurs a cost to other lives, whether by killing and eating them directly, or by eating foods that they could otherwise have lived on. The most extreme impact my life has on other species is extinction, not just of their physical presence, but also of their memories, both those acquired within... See more