Category Mind

Why You Should Write

Why you should write

The American novelist Flannery O’Connor once said “I write to discover what I know.” I think if you need a reason to write, you can’t do better than this. Our thoughts always appear better in the warm and cushy dwellings…

Meditation In The Age of Neoliberal Reason

In recent decades, meditation has captured the imaginations of western citizens. In the last 10 years alone, the number of Americans who practice meditation has tripled. And the pandemic has brought even more people to the practice, for obvious reasons.…

Why You Should Take Your Mind for a Walk

Two millennia ago, if you happened to be in Athens, you might have spotted a middle-aged man pacing around the Lyceum, a place used for a range of activities, among which was education. We know him today as Aristotle. And…

Nobody Is Stealing Your Attention

attention

You’re not at the mercy of the Silicon Valley’s evil gods. Don’t get me wrong. There is plenty of warranted criticism that can be directed towards tech companies due to: Their problematic business model The methods employed to capture our…

17 Powerful Mental Models Analyzed

Mental Models Latticework

Mental models: what are they? Mental models are representations of how things work. They can be derived from multiple disciplines, but are able to traverse the boundaries of their field and be be applied more broadly in other contexts. Mental…