by David Kundtz | Jan 19, 2016 | blog
Internet as Distraction Internet as Distraction “The Internet is designed to be an interruption system, a machine geared to dividing attention…. We willingly accept the loss of concentration and focus, the division of our attention and the fragmentation...
by David Kundtz | Nov 16, 2015 | blog
Only Now “The farthest place on earth is the hour that is just over. Make the best use of the hour that has just begun.” —Dada Vaswani (1918- ), Hindu author and philosopher You hear a lot these days, at least in spiritual realms, about “being in the...
by David Kundtz | Nov 11, 2015 | blog
Attention Deficit
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention…”
—Herbert Simon (1916-2001) American economist, sociologist, psychologist*
In this age...
by David Kundtz | Nov 11, 2015 | blog
Just Now
”My advice to you is not to inquire ‘why?’ or ‘whither?’ but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate.” —Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth Certainly there are times when the “why” and the...
by David Kundtz | Nov 11, 2015 | blog
Speed and Slowness
”There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting….
The degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of...
by David Kundtz | Nov 11, 2015 | blog
Doing Nothing “I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, “Scotty, how can you do all that you do?”…The most telling reply I can give is: “Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.” —M. Scott Peck...
