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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     First Chapter Excerpts                 Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author.     Subjects     Creative thinking.     Creative ability.     Divergent thinking.     Time perception.     Time management -- Psychological aspects.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author.       by title:      In praise of wasting...         MARC Display

In praise of wasting time / Alan Lightman ; illustrations by Dola Sun. by Lightman, Alan P., 1948- author. Subjects Creative thinking.   Creative ability.   Divergent thinking.   Time perception.   Time management -- Psychological aspects. Publisher Info:  New York : TED Books, [2018] ©2018 Edition:  First TED Books hardcover edition. Description:  102 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm RDA Types:  text still image unmediated volume ISBN:  9781501154362 1501154362 Contents:  A village in Cambodia -- The grid -- The rush and the heave -- Play -- The free-grazing mind -- Downtime and replenishment -- Chronos and kairos -- Half mind. Format Book:  Summary:  In today's frenzied and wired world, we are obsessed with the idea of not "wasting time." But have we lost the silences and solitude so essential to our inner lives? A great deal of evidence suggests the value in wasting time, of letting the mind lie fallow for some periods, of letting minutes and hours go by without scheduled activities or intended tasks, of unplugging from the grid. In this vital investigation of the rush and heave of the modern world, Alan Lightman explores the technological and cultural origins of our time-driven lives. More importantly, he reveals the many values of "wasting time", for replenishing the mind, for creative thought, and for finding and solidifying the inner self. Lightman urges us, as both individuals and as a society, to break free of the idea that not a second is to be wasted and to discover that sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing at all. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 153.35 LIG Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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