A Worthy Resolution

> I've got to say, looking toward the new year, ramping up human empathy and stepping back from our aspirations for artificial empathy-- that has to be one of my fondest new years wishes for #technology [https://twitter.com/hashtag/technology?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

Just out that phone down

Daniel Levitin, in a Fast Company interview [https://www.fastcompany.com/3068037/creative-conversations/the-neuroscience-of-music-behavior-and-staying-sane-in-the-age-of-twi] , states the case for unplugging pretty strongly and plainly. These days, it’s pretty common to go out to a restaurant and see an entire family staring into their phones. What are some of the effects…

Livable Life

http://explore.noodle.com/post/109142092438/to-make-our-life-livable-we-have-to-have-spaces…

Together Alone

At The New York Times [http://nyti.ms/1jcUemn] today, appreciation of Sherry Turkle from an unexpected quarter, a review of a performance by the Manhattan Quartet. Beautiful writing besides. High marks for the music and for the writing. > Inher 2011 book [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/…