Category: Science & Technology
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The Phone Foyer Method
Cal Newport talks in his latest post, A Piece of Advice I Wish I’d Included in My Book about leaving your phone in the foyer of your house once you get home. The Phone Foyer Method: When you get home after work, you put your phone on a table in your foyer near your front…
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Light Phone II, For Reals
Anyone following along here knows that awhile back I did a Light Phone Experiment, based on my learning about the Light Phone II project. Well, the plot thickens. I had a convo with my buddy Steve who has backed the LP II and decided that he probably won’t use it, so once he gets his…
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Sleep is your Superpower
Posted in: Science & TechnologyI’ve been trying for quite sometime to be better with my sleep habits – I’ve read a lot about the importance of sleep – it’s interesting that so many people choose to neglect or disregard its importance. There is a laundry list of mental and physical benefits of getting enough quality sleep – as well…
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Digital Contributing to Climate Crisis
Gerry McGovern writes in his latest newsletter: Digital Contributing to Climate Crisis: According to “The Cost of Music,” a joint study penned by the University of Glasgow and the University of Oslo, greenhouse gases were recorded at 140-million kilograms in 1977 for music production activities (vinyl; plastic packaging). Moreover, they were at 136 million kilograms…
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Neurointerventions Could Hijack the Free Will You Think You Actually Have
Posted in: Science & TechnologyWe aren’t really in control so why worry about neurointerventions? – aeon.co “But I want to suggest that the loss of control that might be delivered by some neurointerventions is not really the issue because we are never actually in control anyway, even though it might seem that we are. The real issue is that…
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‘Light ‘ Phone Experiment Observations
So back in my post about the Light Phone 2 – I decided to give it a go with setting up my iPhone as much like a Light Phone 2 as possible and give it 2 weeks. Visit my first post to see what I stripped the phone down to. Here’s some observations. Day Two…