“Psychologists tell us that when you abandon a mental task to attend to an interruption, your emotional and cognitive engagement with the main task immediately begins to decay, and the longer and more distracting the interruption, the harder it is… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Psychologists tell us that when you abandon a mental task to attend to an interruption, your emotional and cognitive engagement with the main task… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“That which we allow to exist, to flourish freely according to its own rhythms, is superior to anything our little hands create.” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“I thought of something from Nietzsche: “How little suffices for happiness!” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Not everyone was thrilled with Gutenberg’s creation. As today, there were pessimists and scolds who viewed new technology as a blight on civilization. In… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“The difference between actually very serious and actually very funny is actually very thin.” — William Powers Copy Share Image
“Think how nature makes things compared to how we humans make things." We talked about how animals don't just preserve the next generation; they… — William Powers Copy Share Image
“This is how social change ultimately happens: enlightened values do not change behavior; the contours of self-interest are altered and new values rush into… — William Powers Copy Share Image
