Someone once said, "To know a language and not the culture is to make a fluent fool of yourself." Many of us have learned or are learning the language of technology but do we truly understand the characteristics of the culture in which it is used ? Find out what you can do right now to better understand the effects of living in western consumer culture and how you can start leading a happier and healthier life. and others around you happier and healthier. Presentation Delivered at Social Media Week in Toronto in September 2013 - http://socialmediaweek.org/toronto/events/?id=119569#.UmCjk78lZzo

1. iContact - The most powerful
network that Apple didn’t build
@markgreenspan
markgreenspan.com

2. does this seem familiar to you ?

3. If it does it’s because of brain science

4. and this guy can explain it

5. addiction is occurring on a massive
scale in western society because...

6. inner emptiness caused by
societal dislocation and a lack of
proper attunement in infancy

7. attunement is the real language of
love, the conduit by which the preverbal child can realize that she is
loved. That love is communicate
through eye contact.

8. poor attunement can interfere with
the development of brain circuitry

9. self-regulation of emotional stress
never develops which affects
impulse control. One thing that
addictions all do is they reduce
stress momentarily.

10. Louis CK has experienced this

11. but this is all workable, and it’s not as
hard as you think

12. We have to go back to ourselves, to our
beloved ones, to nature, because
electronic devices help us to run away
from ourselves. We lose ourselves in the
internet, business, projects and we
have no time to be with ourselves. We
do not have the time to take care of our
beloved ones and do not allow Mother
Earth to heal us. We are running away
from self, family and nature."
Thich Nhat Hanh

13. Or we can do what Russell Brand does...

14. moment to moment awareness
where we are truly connecting with
ourselves and others in a
compassionate & meaningful way is
just a moment away

15. eye contact is the most powerful
network that exists, it's a network
where love health, assurance and
brilliance flows
Dr. Bruce Damer

16. eye contact + mindfulness =
connectivity and compassion for
self and others.
Now let’s try an exercise