Autopilot
The Art & Science of Doing Nothing
by Andrew Smart · first published 2013
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Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often – and he has the science to explain why. At every turn we’re pushed to do more, faster and more efficiently: that drumbeat resounds throughout our wage-slave society. Multitasking is not only a virtue, it’s a necessity. Books such as Getting Things Done, The One Minute Manager, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People regularly top the bestseller lists, and have spawned a considerable industry. But Andrew Smart argues that slackers may have the last laugh. The latest neuroscience shows that the “culture of effectiveness” is not
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Hmm, check out 'Autopilot' by Andrew Smart. It has some sections about equilibrium etc. And 'On Intelligence' by Jeff Hawkins (very under-rated book imho). Good luck!
on “The psychiatric drug crisis” ↗…that this would be a humblebrag about how they're achieved so much more since leaving Google. Anyway the campfire incident resonated with me, and I completely believe it. I recently finished the book "Autopilot" by Andrew Smart, in which he describes a brain center called the "default mode network" (which was new to me). http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/autopilot/ The default mode network works when nothing else…
on “Why I left Google” ↗Full disclosure: I helped edit Andrew Smart's book "Autopilot: The Art and Science of Doing Nothing" and I also made the text adventure for it: http://www.orbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/autopilot/autopilo...
on “Why organizations should embrace randomness like ant colonies” ↗