iantomkins.com » Philosophy http://iantomkins.com Just my thoughts Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:13:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Only partially present? http://iantomkins.com/2009/04/only-partially-present/ http://iantomkins.com/2009/04/only-partially-present/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:47:57 +0000 Ian http://iantomkins.com/?p=5 Just watched this short TED Talk about peoples use of mobile technology and it reminded me how much I find that tech has a peculiar ability to simultaneously isolate us from each other whilst enabling us to be more connected. There are some great examples of this phenomena in the talk.

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I am also a buddhist and particularly interested in the mind and perception insofar as it pertains to my/our experience of the world.

So this blog is an experiment in capturing my thoughts in both subjects, not obvious bedmates but we shall see how it goes…

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