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Is it Time to Retire the Never-Ending List?
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In 1890, when the psychologist, William James, gave a definition of attention, he described it as, "taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought... It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others."
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In 1890, when the psychologist, William James, gave a definition of attention, he described it as, "taking possession by the mind in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought... It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others."
The Next Great Discontinuity: Part 1:Grapholectic Thought an the Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness
Rourke: Our error is to mistake grapholectic thought - thought maintained by writing and print - as the only kind of thought we are capable of.
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Our modern notion of “truth” denies all wisdom that cannot be plotted on a graph; that cannot be traced backwards through the recorded evidence or textual archive.
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Thus the attribution of meaning emerges from the present, synchronic situation, rather than being reliant on the consequences of past observation:
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Creative time
Lack of time for creative play is a critical issue in most corporate cultures. @haroldjarche on creative time
Is time an illusion?
"It is wrong to say that time is an illusion. It is just reducible or non-fundamental, in the same way that consciousness emerges from brain activity but is not illusory."-Dean Rickles
10 ‘tyrannies of time’ in learning
"Time is truly tyrannical in learning. Timeshift is the answer."
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