“In an age of constant live connections, the central question of self-examination is drifting from ‘Who are you?’ towards ‘What are you doing?” SelfAgeConnectionsConstantExaminationDriftingSelf-examination Book:How to Thrive in the Digital Age Source: How to Thrive in the Digital Age
“We live in an age of miracles so commonplace that it can be difficult to see them as anything other than part of the daily texture of living” AgeDifficultMiracleCommonplaceTexture Book:How to Thrive in the Digital Age Source: How to Thrive in the Digital Age
“Above all, the translation of books into digital formats means the destruction of boundaries. Bound, printed texts are discrete objects: immutable, individual, lendable, cut off from the world.” WorldMeanBookIndividualCuttingObjectsDestructionBoundsBoundariesDigitalTranslationsPrintedFormatDiscrete Author:Tom Chatfield
“I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how a challenge or task can be broken down and presented to make it as engaging as possible.” WayIdeasGamesChallengesBrainParticularBrokenTasksDown AndStructureRewardsVideoSpokesEngagingBroken Down Author:Tom Chatfield
“If computers remain far worse than us at image recognition, a certain over-confident combination of man and machine can elsewhere take inaccuracy to a whole new level.” IfsMenWholeCertainLevelsComputerMachinesRecognitionCombinationElsewhereOver Confident Author:Tom Chatfield
“Time, presence and physical attentiveness are our most basic proxies for something ultimately unprovable: that we are understood.” UnderstoodProxyAttentiveness Author:Tom Chatfield
“From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along.” WorldFeelsSelfPathJourneyTrainingDemocraticSettingSelf RealizationSettingsRealizationPrivilegedObscureParticipationExamHealth EducationProfessional Training Author:Tom Chatfield
