One doesn't need to look for too long on, ahem, the Internet to learn that the Internet is stealing your attention, your memory, and your life. But this fear misunderstands how we have historically integrated technology into the fabric of society.

Statesmen and philosophers have grappled with the question of what it means to live a good life for millennia. The question of what it means to be a good company is certainly newer but perhaps no easier to answer. 

The practice of medicine in America has become an industry, meaning more specialists, more prescriptions, and more new professions in the field.

Different times of the day are more productive than others, but which times those are varies from person to person.

By actively interrogating our own desires, we can mediate our basic wants (and fears) by compensating for our psychological blind spots with practical insight. 

The opportunity to get away from it all was even enshrined in the Wilderness Act of 1964, which defines wilderness as a place that "has outstanding opportunities for solitude."

Interestingly, what we know about human psychology may make Watson as valuable an asset in the room as its ability to perform natural language analysis and complex mathematical calculations.