Neuroenhancement in “natural” and tech forms We live in a society obsessed with self-improvement—and in the midst of advancing biotechnologies, optimized decision making, and complex mechanizations, meditation has erupted around the world, even emerging as the fastest growing health trend in America. Meditation as a neuroenhancer seems a natural, nonthreatening alternative to an imagined cyberpunk future where …
In Work Clean, Dan Charnas talks about Mise en Place – the organizational system that chefs use to deliver meals under high pressure and time restrictions. He then attempts to transfer some of these lessons to office work, and to understand how the self-discipline of chefs could also help the modern office worker keep a cleaner …
Many people’s work day brings with it a high level of information complexity. Have you ever felt slightly lost in front of your many projects and not known where exactly to pick the thread back up again? Our quasi-instant access to a lot of information is a thing of beauty, but we are also paying …