September 21, 2009
24 Hours of Solitude: a dangerous idea
from The Edge Annual Question 2006: What's Your Dangerous Idea?
Read all of the entries HERE
I was fascinated by Andrea Chalupa's interview with her father, neurobiologist Leo Chalupa, whose dangerous idea was 24 Hours of Solitude:
Back in 1997, I did a 10 day silent meditation retreat, to learn Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka. No one that knew me thought I could last 10 minutes let alone 10 days without talking. I didn't watch TV for 10 years (missed most of the 70s television shows) so I know that I can disengage from media. But in 1997 I had only been working with computers for about 3 years. Today I am on computers (I have at least 2 working at all times, and personally have 4 workstations in my own office) at least 14 hours a day. But at University I studied brain science, neuropharmacology and neuropsychology. I have a B.S. in behavioral psychology and went on to apprentice as a advertising photographer.
So I am fascinated by the idea of the effect that 24 hours of solitude would have on the brain!
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