#csikszentmihalyi
Daniel Mwesigwa, Steven J. Jackson, Christopher Csikszentmihalyi: Risk, Data, Alignment: Making Credit Scoring Work in Kenya https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.01824 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01824 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.01824
February 3, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I just read that book Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and … it’s weird in a lot of ways, but I appreciate his focus on *quality of conscious experience.*

Making $10K more because of some “career readiness” claptrap vs. having your inner world enriched so your career is genuinely meaningful to you.
February 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Chapter 3 Part 4: Neutral Zone Flow
Csikszentmihalyi is generally given credit for the modern application of the concept of flow. Flow is a state of optimal experience. Flow is characterized as an experience that seems effortless or is intrinsically joyful.
February 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I revisited the work of Csikszentmihalyi on flow and of researchers studying gambling addiction to better understand how ~vibe coding~ impacts us. Read more in my latest post:

www.fast.ai/posts/2026-0... 11/
Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding – fast.ai
Sinister variations on the positive state of flow
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January 28, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Not all highly absorbed focus is flow. Researchers on gambling addiction have coined the term “dark flow”. In a 2014 interview, Csikszentmihalyi defined a concept of "junk flow". 5/
January 28, 2026 at 10:18 PM
This is why I write and draw and paint.
Flow state must be taught at school.

According to Csikszentmihalyi (1999),
creating conditions that make flow experiences possible should be a top social and political priority.
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 AM
bare det å forsøke å skrive navnet til Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi krever så mye konsentrasjon at det er nok til å sette meg i flyttilstand.
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 AM
The phenomena of immersion by focus is known as "Flow" & there is a great book on the topic named "Finding Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Mihaly was an American psychologist who first researched the topic. Flow is a very healthy activity & many reorganize their lives so they can do it more often.
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I strongly recommend you read the following:

Drive by Daniel Pink
Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mindset by Carol S. Dweck
High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchford
Grit by Angela Duckworth

You’re welcome
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"For Chu, table tennis remains the fastest portal into a state of flow, a type of hyper focus coined by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an idea not all that different from mindfulness.
January 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings."--(psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the state of being he calls "flow")
January 19, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Der Tunnel: Es geht um Flow, Speed und einige wissenschaftliche Basics. Das ist interessant – für Menschen, die sich damit seit Jahren beschäftigen nicht sehr spektakulär. Was abgeht sind Frauen, Flow in vielen anderen Bereichen und Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Red Bull & Kitzbühel Werbung im ORF 🤷🏼‍♀️
Der Tunnel - Mentale Grenzen im Sport und auf der Streif
Skifahrerinnen und Skifahrer, Rennfahrerinnen und Rennfahrer, Popstars – sie alle kennen ihn: den Rausch, den Tunnel, den Flow-Zustand. Am Beispiel des legendären Hahnenkamm-Rennens zeigt die Dokument...
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January 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
already had multiple friends assume the csikszentmihalyi quote is from a hypnokink book
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
working on a presentation for my local hypnokink org about the overlap between ttrpg/game design and hynosis and chose these three quotes to begin my essay
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Psychologists call these fully absorbing experiences flowstates, which were discovered and named by a world-famous psychologistwith the most unpronounceable surname I have ever encountered –Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
January 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Ever been so immersed in a task you lost track of time? That's "flow," a state of total absorption first described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi back in 1975. #RandomFact #Psychology #FlowState #Productivity #Mindfulness
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, the director of the Quality of Life Research Centre at Claremont Graduate University in California
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
David Gelernter, Kevin Kelly, Freeman Dyson, George Dyson, Rudy Rucker, Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, Clay Shirky, Ray Kurzweil, and Clifford Pickover.
January 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
From "Flow" (1990) by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, pg 65

1/ "Fundamentalist religions, mass movements, and extremist political parties also offer opportunities for self-transcendence that millions are eager to accept. ...
January 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Arbeitest du noch gegen den Widerstand, oder hast du den Punkt erreicht, an dem das Bewusstsein so tief in die Handlung eintaucht, dass die Zeit als Dimension kollabiert? 🌊

„Flow ist der Zustand völligen Aufgehens in einer Tätigkeit.“ – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

#Flow #Fokus
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings."--(psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the state of being he calls "flow")
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (English Edition) (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) が、Kindleストアで343円(86%OFF)+3ポイント還元になっています。
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (English Edition)
著者:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi(著) 出版:HarperCollins e-books 2009/10/13(火)配信
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January 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (English Edition) (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) が、Kindleストアで758円値下げされて、342円(80%OFF)+3ポイント還元になりました。
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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (English Edition)
著者:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi(著) 出版:HarperCollins e-books 2009/10/13(火)配信
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January 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM