Karen Armstrong reviews Diarmaid MacCulloch's Silence: A Christian History: In the tenth century BC, the priests of India devised the Brahmodya competition, which would become a model of authentic theological
One of the decisions I made when writing my book was that I wouldn't attack the work of people who've written about digital distraction, even when I disagreed
For my book I interviewed a number of people about how they chose books versus digital media. I found that for smart readers-- people who read a lot,
Alex Mar talks about how the Internet is invading the writers' retreat, with predictable and lamentable results. Residencies have long been the writer’s last defense against the distractions
Me and Davis this evening. via Flickr Posted with Blogsy
Just got these in the mail…. via flickr Very exciting, in the way that only a vanishingly small number of grinding, attention-demanding tasks can be.
I got copyedits of my book today. I made the mistake of hitting some button that provided me with a summary of all the changes, and in a
I just came across a 2008 book, Distraction: A Philosopher's Guide to Being Free, by Melbourne-based philosopher and writer Damon Young. Young seems to be a kind of
In my last post I mentioned Christopher Jamison's short, very accessible book, Finding Sanctuary. Here's a bit more about it: No matter how hard you work, being too
My book is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Amazing. via flickr It's been about two and half years since I first wrote the words "contemplative computing" (or