by natecooper | Jun 25, 2019 | books, cool, culture, education, Mindfulness, Psychology, Science, technology
I recently picked up a book by Moheb Constandi called Neuroplasticity. It was published by MIT Press in 2016 and I was mostly interested in reading about the current state of the science on the subject. Neuroplasticity is a general term that describes a number of...
by natecooper | Feb 6, 2019 | books, culture, digital media, internet, media, Mindfulness, Nate's Thoughts, Psychology, technology
Last Monday I entered a wide corporate lobby with marbled floors and an imposing security desk. In midtown Manhattan on the second floor lies a kind of open floor plan tech campus home of Company. The backdrop of the event’s stage were gilded age windows...
by natecooper | Apr 3, 2018 | digital media, internet, Mindfulness, nate, Nate's Thoughts, Psychology
For the past several weeks I have been conducting an experiment on the relationship between myself and my phone. It is not a new device or anything super fancy. (It’s an iPhone 8 I believe). Each day, I prep my phone to manage how I want it to interrupt my day. I do...
by natecooper | Nov 14, 2017 | Business, Nate's Thoughts, personal, Psychology
Carol Dweck, an accomplished psychologist and professor of psychology identified in her book Mindset two approaches to what I would call problem solving. There is the fixed mindset approach and a growth mindset approach. When confronted with a challenge, someone in...