New gadgets and apps are trying to make mindfulness meditation easier

Re:New gadgets and apps are trying to make mindfulness medit... by bchjam on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:10PM (#10827079)

But meditation is technology! We just don't think much of tech unless it exists outside ourselves to be consumed anymore

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Re:New gadgets and apps are trying to make mindfulness medit... by visakanv on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:27PM (#10827168)

Interestingly, this actually gets closer to the original root meaning of the word than what it tends to mean these days:

> TECHNOLOGY: 1610s, "a discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Greek tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see techno-) + -logy. The meaning "study of mechanical and industrial arts" (Century Dictionary, 1902, gives examples of "spinning, metal-working, or brewing") is first recorded 1859.

Source: http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=technology

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