I don’t know if it was due to aggressive spam filtering or what, but a number of comments submitted by readers of this (moderated) blog had accumulated that were not yet published. My apologies to the authors of these previously unpublished comments. I’ve now cleared the backlog, and I will keep an eye out for future comments.
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Limitations of Sleep Tracking Apps and Hardware: Anything New and/or Useful in this Information?
I answered some questions on the Mac Power Users forum about the usefulness of sleep tracking technology. Given that sleep is essential to cognitive productivity, I thought I’d let you know that I followed up today with a blog post on the mySleepButton web site: “Limitations of Sleep Tracking Apps and Hardware“.
Before reading that post, however, I would encourage readers to make a bullet list of their opinion on the subject. Then they can assess what, if anything, is new (potent) and useful in what I’ve written. (An application of the “CUP’A” criteria from Cognitive Productivity books.)
We Don’t All Write for the Same Reasons
I had been meaning to write about Why, Where, and What I Write for quite a long time. This was partly to clarify my own thinking about writing. But it was also because I think the topic is relevant to this blog. Not just in describing it. But because here we deal with cognitive productiveness — and writing is a big part of that.
So, in response to a discourse topic over at Mac Power Users, earlier today, here at CogZest, I finally wrote and published what you’ve all been waiting for 🙂 Why, Where, and What I Write. I wrote the document as a web page rather than a blog post because it will necessarily evolve. I will write in new places. I will later share more information about why I write (partly out of gaining more clarity myself). But the document, with respect to motivation, will never be complete.
Draft Manifesto for Integrative Design-oriented Cognitive Science and AI
This post briefly describes an approach to studying minds and designing artificial ones; the need to name this approach; the term integrative design-oriented as the name for the approach; and the need for a manifesto regarding the approach. In the main, it points to a draft manifesto.
For many years I was dissatisfied with the name I used to refer to a certain approach to human mind (cognitive science and AI). How we name scientific concepts is actually quite important. In Cognitive Productivity: Using Knowledge to Become Profoundly Effective, I referred to the approach as “broad cognitive science”.[1] I used the term “broad” to convey an attempt to understand a wide spectrum of capabilities that are often treated in isolation from each other under the banners of “cognition”, “affect” (“emotion” / “attitudes”, “moods”), “motivation”, “volition”, “executive functions”, etc. The approach means not to study these functions in isolation from each other, but as interacting and often blended mechanisms. By “cognitive science” I also meant an expansive approach to understanding human mind — one that is truly interdisciplinary and computational.
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What is Not Black and White is Not Necessarily Shades of Grey Either: Watch out for Discontinuities
This evening, I will give a brief talk to a humanist group on discontinuities. “Discontinuities” is the title of my upcoming book, and the title of one of its chapters. The talk will be followed by a discussion.
ROUGH notes here: Notes About Continuity and Discontinuities – CogZest.
Speak French and Want to Learn About Perturbance and Insomnolence?
Monique Polloni à Radio-Canada m’a interviewé vendredi le 30 août.
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Person/ne Exhibition at Griffin Art Projects: Lam Wong Artist in Residence
This week-end (Saturday 2019-08-31 and Sunday 2019-09-01; 12-5pm) is the last opportunity to attend the Person/ne exhibition at Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver, where Lam Wong is currently artist in residence. I found this exhibition of multiple artists works to be very thought-provoking.
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We Will Present Three Research Posters at the World Sleep Congress in Vancouver, September 2019
Recently, I’ve been blogging mostly about my cognitive productivity R&D and Discontinuities: Love, Art, Mind. However, I’m also actively doing R&D on sleep onset, insomnolence and perturbance (“emotion”). My colleagues and I will present three posters at the World Sleep Congress which will be held in Vancouver in September. Continue reading We Will Present Three Research Posters at the World Sleep Congress in Vancouver, September 2019
Track Your Knowledge Work Quickly and Precisely with Timing App and Hook
A few years ago, I published the mySelfQuantifier time tracking system. This system is distinctive in that it is based on cognitive science. It involves a free spreadsheet and documentation. It is meant to be used in combination with time tracking software like Daniel Alm’s Timing app.
Now that we at CogSci Apps have published the Hook productivity app for macOS, it is possible for you to quickly reference and access specific documents on which you’ve been working.
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Brief Response to Massimo Pigliucci’s Question about Over-ascription of “Consciousness”
My tweets often end up being mini blog posts, so I thought I’d answer here instead. But only briefly. This is not a complete answer — just a few thoughts.