Rethinking Digital Privacy from a Buddhist Point of View
Philosophy professor Soraj Hongladarom challenges the individual rights-based approach to privacy and recasts it as a skillful means rather than as a possession.
Technology
The Monk Who Got Addicted to His Phone
In Sing Me a Song, documentarian Thomas Balmès returns to a monastery in Bhutan, where an internet ban has been lifted and life has changed.
Apps to Help You Stop Using Apps
Your phone can help you quit your phone addiction.
Learning to Contemplate the News
Contemplative media studies students learn how to reclaim their attention, and their compassion.
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Resisting the Attention Economy
A Silicon Valley data scientist and Zen priest reflects on Jenny Odell's instant classic, How to Do Nothing.
3D Printing Reality
A Tibetan Buddhist teacher is helping Westerners get a clearer picture of the Wheel of Time mandala with a three-dimensional model.
The Meditator Emoji Origin Story
How Person in Lotus Position found its way onto your phone
Personal Reflections Technology
Why You’re Addicted to Your Phone
The nonstop novelty of cell phones distracts us from the true root of our suffering, says Zen priest Kurt Spellmeyer.
Magazine | Do I Really Need This?, Openings
Do I Really Need This? A Bluetooth Mala
Leap Beads, a new product from Acer, counts how many mantras you recite so that you don't have to.
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