On Charles Duhigg’s “The Power Of Habit”: Exploring Music Listening Habit Loops
“Listening habits allow us to unconsciously separate important noises from those that can be ignored.” – Charles Duhigg In his best-selling self-help psychology book, The Power Of Habit: Why We Do...
View ArticleNotes On Toggling Between (Disparate?) Musics
Lately I’ve been thinking about toggling. I think about it as I switch among various go-to apps on my phone–email, news, Twitter, blog, music player, Wikipedia, calendar, amazon.com–back and forth,...
View ArticleOn Listening Fast And Slow
In his book, Thinking Fast And Slow, the eminent psychologist Daniel Kahneman describes two modes of thinking that steer our judgements and decision-making. The first type, System 1, is fast,...
View ArticleWilly-Nilly Listening
Though it may not be the most accurate way to describe what I mean, willy-nilly listening captures the random element of how I often encounter music as it accompanies other things. It’s overheard in...
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