Dan Nixon
@dannixon.bsky.social
Author of The Perpetual Beginner (Substack) inspired by Merleau-Ponty, Zen & Taoism. Mindfulness teacher, leadership development facilitator (Potential Project) and editor (LSE blogs)
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Smart glasses and the slow death of seeing
Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly?
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Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly? My latest piece for The Perpetual Beginner is on smart glasses and the lost art of seeing open.substack.com/pub/theperpe...
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🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
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🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
🔗 aeon.co/essays/the-p...
@dannixon.bsky.social
@aeon.co
September 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
🔗 aeon.co/essays/the-p...
@dannixon.bsky.social
@aeon.co
🌍 The body as mediator
Merleau-Ponty reminds us that we do not just “have” bodies. We are lived bodies — breathing, pulsing, perceiving. In an age of screens, this wisdom is more urgent than ever.
🔗 aeon.co/essays/the-p...
@dannixon.bsky.social
@aeon.co
Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly? My latest piece for The Perpetual Beginner is on smart glasses and the lost art of seeing open.substack.com/pub/theperpe...
Smart glasses and the slow death of seeing
Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly?
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Mark Zuckerberg wants us to “tune in” with smart glasses. But tune in to what, exactly? My latest piece for The Perpetual Beginner is on smart glasses and the lost art of seeing open.substack.com/pub/theperpe...
Reposted by Dan Nixon
The post-war global economic order is finally on the verge of collapse, writes Francisco H. G. Ferreira ahead of the IMF/World Bank #SpringMeetings2025. Reform is finally on its way. The problem: the change that is coming is much for the worse… #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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The World Bank and the New Global Economic Disorder
The global economic order is on the verge of a collapse wrought by an US administration that disregards human rights, democracy, science and the rule of law
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The post-war global economic order is finally on the verge of collapse, writes Francisco H. G. Ferreira ahead of the IMF/World Bank #SpringMeetings2025. Reform is finally on its way. The problem: the change that is coming is much for the worse… #LSEInequalitiesBlog
buff.ly/i5CJxDi
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Honoured to be cited by Tej Parikh in the FT today on the attention economy: on the "mindless grasping impulse" of reaching for our phones, and how our mental lives are "more fragmented and scattered than ever before" in the tech era:
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on.ft.com/3Qpra2M
The human mind is in a recession
[FREE TO READ] Technology strains our brain health, capacity and skills
on.ft.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Honoured to be cited by Tej Parikh in the FT today on the attention economy: on the "mindless grasping impulse" of reaching for our phones, and how our mental lives are "more fragmented and scattered than ever before" in the tech era:
on.ft.com/3Qpra2M
on.ft.com/3Qpra2M