How Is My iPhone Changing Me? Neuroscience and Thomistic Psychology | Prof. Joshua Hochschild
The Thomistic Institute
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The Power of Consciousness
The age of digital media has unleashed a profoundly threatening human experience experiment. The central challenge of spiritual discipline is, are we choosing where to give our attention? Attention is the inner energy of the soul and when it is sucked away and diverted, the soul falls into asadia, spiritual sloth. Our brightest engineers have trained our most powerful technology to act with the psychological craftiness of demons. To protect ourselves from the tempting distractions of technology, we can begin by asking it and recognizing it for what it is. We can go for a walk or read a book. We can philosophize and pray. S im you like to pere en?
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