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FHL Foundation Shifts Mission Focus to Executive Function (EF)

At our recent board meeting (01.29.13) the board voted to change the Foundation’s Mission Statement in the following way: To explicitly promote Executive Function Theory as a guiding principle toward understanding and solving societal problems. We are shifting focus from Bowlbian attachment to Executive Function Theory. We’re not leaving behind attachment; we’re adding EF to […]

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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 14)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 13 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: Marshall McLuhan is probably best known for coining the phrase “The medium is the message.” The transfer of a message not only includes the information itself but also information concerning the medium used. The medium sends implied information. […]

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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 3)

To refresh your memory, here’s my “sum the sum” from part 2 of my summary of Hamlet’s Blackberry: To quote Powers, “Depth roots us in the world, gives life substance and wholeness.” Historical figures that seem to model depth are: Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, Emily Dickinson, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr. Achieving depth seems […]

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Summarizing “Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age” (part 1)

At the end of my October 9th, 2012, post on the growing trend of “going it alone,” I mentioned William Powers’ 2010 book Hamlet’s BlackBerry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, and suggested that Powers’ book contained good information on how to appropriately approach the growing analog–digital divide. Simply, face-to-face relationships would be on […]

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UPDATE: The Tao of Brain Plasticity

There’s not a month that goes by that I do not receive a brochure on yet another workshop on how all manner of mental health therapy has the potential to change the brain, “rewire brain circuitry” is the metaphor most often used. These brochures conjure up images of psychotherapists wearing tool belts and sporting butt […]

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