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Giving Thanks for Action

Bob McKinnon | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Actions Speak Loudest, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Children, Politics, Thanksgiving, change.org, Martha Graham, Action, Climate Change, Childhood Obesity, Volunteer Match, Mike Huckabee, Margaret Mead, Henry David Thoreau, All for Good, Carbon Rally, Health Care, Books, Policy, Do Good, Distraction, Politics News
Bob McKinnon

When habitual distractions trump deliberate actions we focus on politics instead of policy, the selfish vs. the selfless, and the "urgent" vs. the important. We much change the action-distraction equation.

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Attention Deficit Déjà Vu

Mike Doyle | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: ADHD Medication, Health, Adult ADHD, ADD/ADHD, Brains, Distraction, Neurological-Problems, Living, Medicines, Neurology, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

ADDers often feel like we're living in a separate world, without the vocabulary to explain to outsiders the all-encompassing nature and tenacity of the disorder we fight on a minute-by-minute basis.

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The Ethics of Insight

Carol Smaldino | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychotherapy, Carol Smaldino, Morality, Distraction, Psychology, Psychology of Religion, Ethics, Religion and Morality, Politics of Distraction, The Shadow, Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Politics News
Carol Smaldino

Distraction is the redirection of attention from the social, economic, political, and climate emergencies that afflict us locally and globally.

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Multitasking Sacrifices Efficiency and Happiness

realsimple.com | A.J Jacobs | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Efficiency, Unitasking, Multitasking, Work, Health, Distraction, Wellness, Performance, Happiness, Living News

Multitasking makes us feel efficient. But it's an insane delusion; it actually just slows our thinking down. Our brains can't handle more than one hig...

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When I Don't Love Myself, My Addictions Are Important

Isha Judd | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Distraction, Addiction, Emotions, Living News, Honesty, Spirituality, Self Love, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Isha Judd

The reason we have such difficulty being with ourselves is that we have lost sight of our true essence; what I call love-consciousness.

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Could Great Magazines Publish Less Original Material?

Julia Cheiffetz | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Distraction, Mark Twain, Madoff, Wired, Gourmet Magazine, Wired Magazine, Magazines, Harpers Magazine, Vogue Magazine, Media News
Julia Cheiffetz

During this moment of transition when budgets for long form journalism seem scarcer by the day, maybe looking to the classics or the public domain is one tiny way to keep our collective attention span in tact.

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The Benefits Of Distraction And Overstimulation

New York Magazine | Sam Anderson | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Distraction, Overstimulation, Living News

Over the last several years, the problem of attention has migrated right into the center of our cultural attention. We hunt it in neurology labs, lame...

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Slow Down -- Speed is So Yesterday

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Distraction, Gordon Brown, Add, Recession, Economy, Exhaustion, Cnbc, Bbc, Blackberry, Fast Company, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

If the current downturn means that we all slow down a little, that may turn out to be the smartest strategy of all. Because the economy surely can't recover until we do.

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McCain Must Answer Basic Questions

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Distraction, John McCain, Huffington Post Off the Bus, Mccain, Politics of Distraction; Mccain Palin; Obama Biden; Barack Obama; Mccain Bush; Sarah Palin; Foreign Policy; Domestic Policy Mccain; Personality Policy, Home News
Stephen C. Rose

McCain has mastered the strategy of distraction and disengagement. His campaign has declared that personality is more important than the issues. But I'm not fooled. Here are some basic policy questions I want answered.

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