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24 Aug 09

The powerful and mysterious brain circuitry that makes us love Google, Twitter, and texting. - By Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine

  • "Seeking is the granddaddy of the systems." It is the mammalian motivational engine that each day gets us out of the bed, or den, or hole to venture forth into the world.
  • Actually all our electronic communication devices—e-mail, Facebook feeds, texts, Twitter—are feeding the same drive as our searches. Since we're restless, easily bored creatures, our gadgets give us in abundance qualities the seeking/wanting system finds particularly exciting. Novelty is one. Panksepp says the dopamine system is activated by finding something unexpected or by the anticipation of something new. If the rewards come unpredictably—as e-mail, texts, updates do—we get even more carried away. No wonder we call it a "CrackBerry."
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31 May 09

Aumônerie catholique des élèves de l'ENS

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  • Jamais,
    en aucun cas, aucun effort d'attention véritable n'est perdu. Toujours il
    est pleinement efficace spirituellement, et par suite aussi, par surcroît,
    sur le plan inférieur de l'intelligence, car toute lumière spirituelle
    éclaire l'intelligence.
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