We all want to believe that as humans, we control our tools, not the other way around. Clark would argue the exact opposite is true, and for the better. After all, how can we say our brains are all we need to be our “real selves” when we have so much stored and invested in our outside technologies? Maybe we’re not losing our “selfhood” at all, but creating mega-selves. Perhaps we should be thinking of our presence on the internet, our phones, and our hard drives as equally important parts of us—really clever parts who can tell jokes in 140 characters or less.
“We need to understand that the very ideas of minds and persons are not limited to the biological skin-bag,” Clark writes, “and that our sense of self, place, and potential are all malleable constructs ready to expand, change, or contract at surprisingly short notice.” Although we may initially resist the idea of the internet changing our brains, it’s probably inevitable… We can try to deny it now, but no matter how hard we resist, the internet and our brains are only going to become more deeply intertwined. And that’s probably not such a bad thing.
Já pararam pra pensar na influência do ar na sua saúde? Acho que a gente só se preocupa com a qualidade do ar na nossa volta quando vem fumaça no nosso rosto, ou seja, quando ela é visível. Esse TED me mostrou que não é bem assim e também mostra uma solução, que por sinal é muito simples. Curtam aí:
Regozijando aqui desde que soube. Que eu e todos os praticantes possamos ter esse tipo de coragem e inspiração em mente. Que possamos transcender o materialismo espiritual e o apego às preocupações mundanas. E que possamos manifestar o que quer que seja necessário pra benefício dos seres.
Raising awareness of plastic waste Campaigners and scientists are increasingly sounding the alarm over the amount of plastic that is used wastefully, or that ends up as trash in rivers and oceans. Many say that plastic pollution has swelled into a major threat.
Watching too much television could shorten your life, a study suggests. Research carried out in Australia, and published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that every hour of TV watched after the age of 25 may shorten lifespan by 22 minutes.
Last year, another Australian study found an hour of TV a day led to an 8% increase in the risk of premature death.
The report also showed that a person who watches an average of six hours of TV a day would live on average 4.8 years less than someone who watches none.
