Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
sensationalist headlines conjuring fears of a techno-dystopian near-future overshadow more material issues over AI ethics that already exist – including how they reflect human biases, and the many ways in which they’re capable of manipulating users.
Why we should worry less about ‘sentient’ AIs and more about what we’re teaching them | Aeon Videos
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/351893/consciousness-ai-machines-neuroscience-mind
The great substrate debate: Biochauvinism versus artificial consciousness
consciousness and
Rethinking the Gut's Neurons: Newly Discovered Neurons Upend Established Theory - Neuroscience News
Neuroscience Newsneurosciencenews.com
Mindfulness Research and conferencing
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Mindfulness and
brain waves and mindfulness
the imagination is a neurological reality, that it is lodged in specific parts of the brain, that it consists of an identifiable set of components and processes, that these components and processes have adaptive functions, and that in fulfilling its functions imagination has been a major causal factor in making Homo sapiens the dominant species on... See more
Joseph Carroll • Imagination, the Brain’s Default Mode Network, and Imaginative Verbal Artifacts
in times of intense stress or adversity, future-oriented thinking such as hope may be more effective than mindfulness in sustaining positive mindsets and action-oriented outcomes such as engagement.
Work‐related resilience, engagement and wellbeing among music ...
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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?
it would appear the plague-clouds are within us, too. They illustrate the interconnectedness of our inner and outer worlds. They betray a certain flimsiness of human agency, painting our decision-making in strokes of environmental influence far bolder than our intuition suggests. And they throw the climate crisis into fresh, stark relief: because,... See more
Clayton Page Aldern • How a warming Earth is changing our brains, bodies and minds | Aeon Essays
climate change and
The challenges of circular economy is a topic many people want to avoid. I mean who wants to be the sustainability party pooper? No-one. On the contrary: you want to be positive and hopeful: we need solutions to the climate and sustainability crisis! And circular economy is a solution! However, we cannot hide our heads in the sand. The problems... See more