Mary Martin
@marymartin
awareness, imagination, futures thinking, and hope.
Mary Martin
marymartinphd.com
There are some gifts, by the way, that you do not have to pay for. Gifts that come at no cost. Gifts that do not require wrapping paper. Gifts that do not contribute to climate change. Gifts that can help bring peace and harmony to the world.
Here are 3:
Here are 3:
- The Gift of a Smile.
- The Gift of Listening.
- The Gift of Gratitude.
Damian Bacchoo • The Three Gift Rule
gift economy and
On the other hand, I am a believer in radical hope, by which I mean recognising that the chances of success may be slim but still being driven to act by the values and vision you are rooted in. Time and again, humankind has risen up collectively, often against the odds, to tackle shared problems and overcome crises.
The challenge we face as a
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One problem is that consciousness means different things to different people. For example, some researchers focus on the subjective experience — what it is like to be you or me. Others study its function — cognitive processes and behaviours enabled by being conscious. These differences muddy attempts to compare ideas.
Mariana Lenharo • The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works?
Advising is hard. It’s a complex activity that involves negotiating someone’s difficulty in dealing with a problem and their responsibility for dealing with it. Often, it degenerates into telling people what to do or showing off how much we know. Perhaps if more of us understood advising a little better, we could avoid giving overbearing advice and... See more
Joshua Habgood-Coote • Recognise the point of giving advice and you can do it better | Psyche Ideas
Communication and
cognition is the result of information processing distributed across all cellular systems in the body, including the brain, which is, in our view, (part of) the body. Speaking about brain-body-environment interactions in constituting cognition may be misleading because it tacitly inherits the distinction between mind (brain) and body. Cognitive... See more
The brain is not mental! coupling neuronal and immune cellular processing in human organisms
Many experts are concerned about how the adoption of AI systems over the next decade will affect essential human traits such as empathy, social/emotional intelligence, complex thinking, ability to act independently and sense of purpose. Some have hopes for AIs’ influence on humans’ curiosity, decision-making and creativity.
Experts Predict Significant Change in Humans’ Ways of Thinking, Being and Doing as They Adopt AI - Imagining the Digital Future Center
Not only are we failing to consider other species, we are flailing in our connection with one another.
Erica Berry • ‘Playing animal’ reflects back our yearnings and repulsions | Aeon Essays
Connection and
Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds
medicalxpress.com
Philosopher argues that mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations
phys.org
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