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"By delegating to technology, we think that technology somehow is going to resolve problems for us," [Cynan Clucas] said. "But it doesn't, because the more you delegate, the less your brain has to be engaged."
Source: Cynan Clucas, from Manoush Zomorodi's Bored and Brilliant : How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (St. Martin's Press, 2017), p. 40.
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi • TED2017
Manoush Zomorodi's Bored and Brilliant is classified under the genre of Self-help. Within the genre, the book is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems-- like finding ways to connect and embrace one's boredom to unleash and/or revive creativity!
To encourage further reading and research skills, Ms. Dugarte compiled the following reference list of almost all the studies, surveys, and articles Zomorodi references throughout her book-- based on the partial in-text citations included.
STUDIES
ARTICLES | SURVEYS
Source: Zomorodi, Manoush, Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (St. Martin's Press, 2017), p. 13.
"The currency of information is attention."
Source: Chade-Meng Tan, from Manoush Zomorodi's Bored and Brilliant : How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self (St. Martin's Press, 2017), p. 163.
The Hippocratic Oath shares its namesake with the "Father of Medicine" Hippocrates. The idea of swearing to uphold one's self to higher standards in the practice of healing/medicine has been around since the late 400 B.C., though the oath has been revised and updated over the course of time, cultures, and even professions (like the Florence Nightingale Oath for Nurses).
In Zomorodi's Bored and Brilliant, she mentions computer scientist Tristan Harris and social scientist Joe Edelman are working on a "Hippocratic Oath" for software design that would include the following: code of ethics, ratings system, and certification standards (178). On 08 August 2023, Ms. Dugarte reached out to Harris' organization The Center for Humane Technology via email to follow up on their goal (and if not, did the CHT have its own oath). That same day, a reply from Kirsten McMurray, Associate Producer of the podcast Your Undivided Attention stated, "Here at Center for Humane Technology, we never finalized or published a Hippocratic Oath for software design."
Until then, here are some other oaths that have been shared relating to the fields of science and technology:
Based on the original Hippocratic Oath and others shared, what are some ethical standards you feel should be upheld when it comes to technology development and programming?