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Aug 12, 2019

How Tech Is Ruining Our Quality of Life—and What We Can Do About It

Tech is exploiting our attention and disconnecting us from others, but it could also be the answer to humanity’s ills

How Tech Is Ruining Our Quality of Life—and What We Can Do About It

Jay Vidyarthi

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Nov 17, 2021

Teaching Attention Activism at the Center of Attention

What it felt like trying to teach meditation — a practice all about being less self-conscious — with cameras pointed at my face.

Teaching Attention Activism at the Center of Attention

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Be Yourself

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Mar 12, 2020

The Mirror I Find in Music

How a pursuit that seemed to go nowhere ended up going deeper than I ever expected.

The Mirror I Find in Music

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Daily Haloha

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Sep 9, 2019

7 Ways We’d Respond If The Internet Went Away Forever

A playful social media experiment ended up perfectly capturing our love-hate relationship with technology.

7 Ways We’d Respond If The Internet Went Away Forever

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Mindfulness and Meditation

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May 22, 2019

Acceptance is not surrender, it’s the first step to clarity.

Life is full of challenges. Big ones like injustice, small ones like being late for a meeting, and even…

Acceptance is not surrender, it’s the first step to clarity.

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Apr 30, 2019

Why Isn’t Tristan Harris Talking About Mindfulness?

This week, Tristan Harris and the Center for Humane Technology unveiled a new mission: “to reverse human downgrading by inspiring a new…

Why Isn’t Tristan Harris Talking About Mindfulness?

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Apr 26, 2019

A love letter to you, lonely creator:

To those of you who create, remember that your craft is old.

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On Advertising

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Apr 16, 2019

Tech & Advertising Are Not Evil

Sweeping generalizations are misguiding public sentiment

Tech & Advertising Are Not Evil

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Mindfulness and Meditation

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Nov 6, 2018

Ensō: see through the stories which hold you back.

8 months ago, when we decided to leave Toronto for a monastery, it felt like a renunciation of sorts. We were trying to slow down. By…

Ensō: see through the stories which hold you back.

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Mindfulness and Meditation

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Jul 10, 2018

You can’t strangle a flower from a seed.

I’m writing this from the east coast of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It’s been 4 months since we abandoned our lives and jobs in Toronto and…

You can’t strangle a flower from a seed.

Jay Vidyarthi

Jay Vidyarthi

“Good” design as in useful, enjoyable, and ethical. Mindfulness as a tool to reclaim freedom of choice. — Stay in touch at www.attentionactivist.com

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