How Technology Steers Our Attention and Shapes Our Lives

Imagine walking into a control room filled with a hundred people, each hunched over a console with countless dials. These dials don’t contro...

What Is Short Attention Span And How To Deal With It

  Does your attention waver from one subject to another very easily? Do you have a hard time focussing on conversations or tasks? Do you nee...

Sadhguru: The Key to Success Pay Attention!

Sadhguru elaborates on the power of attention, and how being attentive can be the key to unlocking success. Through examples from his own ...

How to Be Happy By Paying Attention

We try to make ourselves happy by ignoring things. It doesn’t work, of course. What you ignore becomes invisible, and when you aren’t...

How to Get Your Brain to Focus: Insights from Chris Bailey’s TEDx Talk

In today’s world, our lives are dominated by screens. From the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed, a series of devices demand our ...

How Magicians Control Your Mind

Over the past couple of years, neuroscientists and magicians have been getting together to create a science that might be called ...

How the City Hurts Your Brain

The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century coffeehouses of London, where citizens gathered to discu...