Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
What Time Alone Offers: Narratives of Solitude From Adolescence to Older Adulthood
frontiersin.org
solitude and
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Those of us who recognize that we’ve been here before are the ones who have to call attention to where we are heading.
Digital feedback loops are helping us see that our media, technology, culture, economy, and natural world all have at least as much of a cyclical character as a linear one.
It’s not a matter of banishing linearity and progress
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Ananya Singhtheswaddle.com
memory construction and conferencing
enhancing memory
A chatbot helped more people access mental-health services
A chatbot helped more people access mental-health services
Marlee-Unlocking-Gen-Z-at-Work-A-Generational-Impact-Study-2024
The study explores the motivations and attitudes of Generation Z in the workplace, highlighting differences from previous generations and providing insights for enhancing collaboration, performance, and leadership within diverse teams.
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LY Corporation has been digging through the data for Pokémon Sleep, and the overall results show that users have been resting easy and well since the app came out.
rawmeatcowboy • Pokémon Sleep users are getting more sleep finding better sleep methods when compared to non-users
But the future is not a self-fulfilling prophecy - 8 billion people on this planet have a voice and that carries far more weight than one person with 8 billion dollars. We just forgot how to exercise it.
Theo Priestley • Science Fiction Can Still Deliver Visions Of The Future
Futures thinking and
If an AI companion becomes someone’s most consistent emotional presence, the right question isn’t “how do we stop this?” It’s “what does that say about the world around them?” Technological relationships are not new. What’s new is how effective they’ve become; and how clearly they mirror the gaps we’ve refused to address.
We’ve tried prohibition... See more
We’ve tried prohibition... See more
Noah Weinberger • Imaginary Friends Grew Up: We Panicked
If consciousness really can arise in a jumble of silicon chips, we run the risk of creating countless AIs — beings, really — that can not only intelligently perform tasks, but develop feelings about their lives.
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Rather than asking if each new AI system is finally the one that has conscious experience, focusing on the more fundamental question of
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