Dr. David Sitt http://drsitt.com Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:05:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Dear Technology…Signed, Mindfully. http://drsitt.com/2011/dear-technology%e2%80%a6signed-mindfully/ http://drsitt.com/2011/dear-technology%e2%80%a6signed-mindfully/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:00:51 +0000 admin http://drsitt.com/?p=191

Dear Technology,

I have been meaning to write you for some time. I know you are quite busy, with your hand in everything from our doorbells, cell phones, and cars, to our pacemakers, space shuttles, and nucleur reactors. I am grateful for so much that you have done for me, humanity, and the planet we live on (yes, I am one of those Global Thinkers). But to be honest, I am also significantly concerned about other aspects of your impact. And so I felt we should reconnect (pun intended) and start an open dialogue.

Rather than send you handwritten letters, I am opting to blog. It’s all the rage these days! Did you know there are over 156 million blogs floating around the web with 900,000 new posts each day?! Thanks to you, we are saving countless trees and reports of dog attacks on mailmen have dropped by 29.46%. For my Positive Psychology course at Baruch College, I had my students contribute 100% of their homework and reflections on a class blog. Providing the students a canvas to share their creative reflections of the course materials, post photos, videos, and have a back-and-forth dialogue for all the class to see has been a major advance on the way students engage in learning.

Speaking of learning, I must say that I am not entirely enthused by the side effects of the shift towards blogging, tweeting and other digital communications. To be honest, I am completely overwhelmed with the propogation of opinions and information available today. I can hardly keep up with the evershrinking shorthand, and see a negative impact on people’s ability to write coherent, structured and gramatical longhand. OMG, it’s Redic! Is our current shift in techno- communication on par with previous shifts in communication? Is this enigmatic of a broader evolution in our brains? We have much to discuss, dearest Technology. My hope is that by opening up this dialogue, we can help others develop mindful ways of relating to you.

I must run to my appointment at Apple’s Genius Bar- I just can’t seem to get my iPhone, iPad, MacbookPro, and new Apple iCan-Openner to work in sync. Wish me luck!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Mindfully,

David
Twitter@Edgycator

 

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Dr. David Sitt & Nuriya
Adel Yedid has thought us how it’s possible to still indulge in food that is “to die for” without packing on the lbs. Nuriya, who is a fusion of Middle Eastern and Mexico culture has thought us how important it is to live a life of honesty and of passion. And David’s sister-in-law Sari, as well as his yoga instructur, Hari Kaur Kalsa, have shown us how anyone can overcome struggle with the help of being committed to their discipline. The Sitt Down would also like to introduce and thank Scott Fine for joining our team as our videographer. Scott has been awesome to bring his good vibes, laughs and badass skills. In addition to our new lovely addition, the Sitt Down headquarters have actually moved! We are no longer affiliated with the school radio station WBMB, but as seen below, we have set up our own DIY studio, which has been a lot of fun and much more comfortable and flexible. :)

 

 

From L to R: Sari Sit, Dr. David Sitt, Petey Pan, Hari Kaur Kalsa

For our most two recent episodes we discussed the concept of Pay(ing) It Forward, as well as Spring & New Beginnings. Pay It Forward, a movie released in 1997, sparked a movement in relation the concepts presented in the film. David used this movie to inspire a class assignment for our Positive Psychology class during this Spring 2011 Semester @ CUNY Baruch. The assignment was to not only watch the movie but to create our own example of “paying it forward.” Here the group’s reinactment of the concept.

I hope everyone is doing well and I hope yall are most certainly keeping it positive!

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