Sublime

Movement also has an ecology. In wild animals, movement is goal-directed , emotionally motivated , reflex coordinated and absolutely present . This is the natural ecology of movement, to which humans have introduced a new and sometimes destructive species: abstract thought .

People who read widely and attentively—and then publish the results of their reading—are also arguably performing research as a leisure activity. Maria Popova, who started writing a blog in 2006—now called The Marginalian —which collects her reading across literature, philosophy, psychology, the sciences. Her blog feels like leisurely research, to... See more