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Review: Gaia – Conscious Media, Streaming Yoga Videos, and More

Gaia is a member-supported website and mobile phone application that offers a large variety of ad-free mindfulness resources that include guided meditations, yoga videos, spiritual documentaries, and more. Is it worth the membership? Let’s find out.

by Justin Emery 21^st August, 2022 / Books

Nir Eyal’s Indistractable

Nir Eyal’s previous book Hooked became a must-read for startup founders looking to capture an audience for their product. Eyal’s follow up book, Indistractable, focuses on the strategies to avoid distraction whilst using the apps and services that are designed to capture our attention. Our review and summary covers the main points.

by Michelle Nogueira 5^th August, 2022 / Tips & Techniques

Surfing the Wave of Desire

What is Urge Surfing? How can the technique help us overcome excessive tech use?

by Justin Emery 19^th May, 2022 / Philosophy Tips & Techniques

How to Focus – Part 3: a detour into living without goals

In the third part of this series on focus, we’ll investigate the idea of living aimlessly, without goals. Can we be healthy and happy living in this way? Or must we have goals to focus on?

by Jolene Dunne 25^th April, 2022 / Books

Frontal Fatigue by Mark D. Rego, MD – Review & Summary

Psychiatrist Dr Mark Rego’s book Frontal Fatigue examines the mental health impact of modern life and modern technology. How can tech usage push the brain’s pre-frontal cortex to exhaustion, what does this mean, and what can we do about it?

by James Milin-Ashmore 15^th March, 2022 / Browser & Extensions Desktop Mobile

Review: Brave Browser

A review of the Brave web browser, which offers ad-free browsing with zero configuration or extensions. Through the Basic Attention Token, it also provides alternative ways to fund content creators.

by Justin Emery 2^nd March, 2022 / Books

Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind

A review and summary of Jonathon Haidt’s book “about why it’s so hard for us to get along” that explains how we each have an “intuitive elephant” that usually makes decisions for us.

by Justin Emery 6^th February, 2022 / Philosophy

Thich Nhat Hanh and Mindful Technology

Reflecting on Thich Nhat Hanh’s life and teachings, the founder of mindful.technology explains how Thich Nhat Hanh influenced the tech industry, this website, and his own life.

by James Milin-Ashmore 19^th January, 2022 / Philosophy

Soccer, Tech, and Mindfulness: Is the use of modern technology ruining football?

Advanced technology is increasingly being integrated into football. How is this helping and harming the game, and how can mindfulness help players improve their mental health and performance?

by Justin Emery 7^th January, 2022 / Books

Humane Tech Reading List

These books explain the concerns that inspire the humane technology movement, which aims to bring about a world in which people are respected and supported by the tech they use instead of being exploited.