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[1] How meditation affects brain activity
Oddly enough, researchers noted a decrease in a type of brain activity called gamma oscillations, suggesting that meditation may reduce the processing of external stimuli and increase inward focus.
[2] How a lack of social interaction affects our brains
Without the availability of social interactions as “a sounding board where we can gauge how rational our perceptions are,” one’s “sense of identity and reality becomes threatened.” The stage is therefore set for “depression, obsessions, suicidal ideation, and, for some, delusions and hallucinations.”
[3] Working 8 hours straight is not real
You almost certainly can’t consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus for more than about three or four hours a day,” Burkeman writes on his site. If you do work of that kind, it would behoove you to “just focus on protecting four hours — and don’t worry if the rest of the day is characterized by the usual scattered chaos.
[4] The internet of consent, by Anil Dash
Now, people don’t even really understand the degree to which things are happening without their consent online. Have you ever gone to type a message in a comment box on social media, or began entering a search term online, and then thought the better of it and deleted it without actually submitting the form? Did you know that those sites used the words you typed anyway and incorporated them into their profile of your interests and preferences?
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