Brain – Kester Brewin

All In The Mind? Thoughts on Identity and Neuroscience

Sep 5, 2012

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Tweeted about this piece earlier today, but wanted to flag up and reflect further on Henry Marsh’s piece in Granta, detailing his neurosurgical work operating on a tumour in a pineal gland. The pineal gland is buried deep within the brain, and is thus only reached after a perilous journey through the physical matter that…

The Problem with Digital Culture [1]: Too Much, Too Fast

Oct 8, 2010

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in Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Quotations, Technology

I’ve been reading The Shallows – How the Internet is Changing How We Think, Read and Remember and led a discussion about the effects of digital culture on our brains for our 6th Form yesterday. It was actually a very interest debate, which took in the printing press, Shakespeare, violence, gaming and, most importantly, speed…

Delete | Volatile Data Please

Oct 1, 2009

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“In the digital age, everything we say, do and write is preserved forever, including antics most would rather forget” Fascinating piece in today’s Independent on the problem of the net never forgetting. So much of what we do is trackable online now, and as more RF devices are linked in to gadgets, vehicles – our…

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All In The Mind? Thoughts on Identity and Neuroscience

The Problem with Digital Culture [1]: Too Much, Too Fast

Delete | Volatile Data Please