Elon Musk will meet with Twitter staff this week Elon Musk will meet with Twitter staff this week This meeting, between Musk and Twitter staff, was announced by the company’s CEO, Parag Agrawal. He announced it to his staff on Monday, via email. In that email, Mr. Agrawal said that Twitter employees will be able to submit questions to Elon Musk. Those questions can be submitted prior to the event only, though, it seems....
Maybe there are limits to how much we can absorb with a screen in front of our face as opposed to just experiencing something. Psychologist Linda Henkel studies human memory at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Some of her recent studies suggest that taking photographs can impair our memory—we’d actually be able to recall details of an object or experience better if we hadn’t photographed it. Henkel cautions that this is not an “unplug” moment where we need to become luddites and abdicate all forms of human recording....
First it’s important to break down how we pay attention to technology. At times we are focused and need to get things done so we power through a number of emails. Other times we need to do research and so we surf the web looking for content and resources. This is an effective use of attention. However, other times we get overwhelmed by mounting projects and we use technology as a distraction or a way to “kill time....
A Innate or B developed? If you answered: A Your mindset may more often be fixed—making you reluctant to take on new challenges. B You may approach things from a growth mindset more often—which helps in handling setbacks. Carol Dweck, a psychology professor and researcher at Stanford University, has been studying for decades how our mindsets influence our behavior. Her early studies showed that children start developing their mindset as a response to the praise they receive....
Many among us are suffering now—gravely ill, steeped in grief, or worried sick about how we’ll pay the rent. We’re hunkering down with social distancing, at-home sheltering, and lockdowns as new normals. Tedium is setting in. Yet, as the boundaries of our physical world contract, the limits of our mental, emotional, and spiritual worlds have the potential to expand. Meditation teacher Shinzen Young compassionately suggested to students on an online retreat recently that they could reframe the pandemic predicament of social isolation as a time of seclusion during which their mindfulness practices could deepen....
