title: The Buddha and the computer: Meditation in an age of information.
abstract: Information overload is one of the factors behind current alarming statistics on stress. Meditation helps the body-mind resist the deleterious effects of the information onslaught. Though meditation is well known as a relaxation technique, its noetic value is often overlooked. Its benefits extend well beyond superficial soothing: it trains attention; it increases pattern recognition; and it reconnects us to the whole of our intelligence, enhancing coordination between its complementary poles. Meditation is a potent high-touch resource in a high-tech world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Dominican College in San Rafael, California.
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authors.lastname: Novak