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"A new study from psychologists at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario reports observations of the transition from one thought to another in fMRI brain scans. Though the researchers didn't detect the content of our thoughts, their method allowed them to count each one. Referred to as "thought worms," the team says that the average human has 6,200 thoughts per day. "What we call 'thought worms' are adjacent points in a simplified representation of activity patterns in the brain," said senior study author Jordan Poppenk.

"The brain occupies a different point in this 'state space' at every moment. When a person moves onto a new thought, they create a new thought worm that we can detect with our methods." While we average 6,200 thought worms a day, Poppenk anticipates further research tracking the manner in which the number of daily thoughts an individual has may change over the course of a lifetime. Likewise, he's interested in investigating potential associations between how quickly a person jumps from one thought to another and other mental and personality traits."

Source Big Think July 23, 20

Some clients, those who were adamant that WFH would not work for them, for all sorts of "reasons", have, since Covid-19, have conceded that, surprise surprise...people can be relied on to do work at home, collaboration does work with remote colleagues, productivity does not tank, and many other myths, gone.
And then there is the benefit for the business owners, a chunk of costs are externalized to employees, things like utilities, office supplies like coffee, Friday pizzas, toilet paper and so on.
Will we go back to offices? I say, for sure, but for different reasons than the default, " we have to work in an office."

Do We Really Need the Office? What the WFH boom means for the future.

If you can, take out the politics that may be in this, and just notice how hard it is to be with facts that don't fit your view of reality.
Or as Carol Dweck would put it, notice the areas where you have a fixed mindset. You know, instances where you are being, my mind is made up, don't confuse me with the facts.

Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don't fit their worldview Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call 'motivated reasoning.'

If we are to succeed in creating social change we need to wake up to the role that Big Business plays in shaping the structures that constrain efforts at equality, for example racial, economic and gender equality.
Read Democracy in Chains to learn how the system is being rigged in favor of Big Business and "property" interests.

Money talks: Big business, political strategy and corporate involvement in US state politics Millions of dollars are spent every election by corporations that want to influence state regulations and policies, and that's likely to continue in the upcoming election.