Why do we spend so much of our limited time on this earth focusing on all the things that our eulogies will never cover? - Arianna Huffington

In December 2013, a tourist in Melbourne fell off a pier and plunged into the sea while checking Facebook on her phone. She still had it in her hand when she was rescued.

But, if we let it, technology can also add a lot of noise and distraction that get in the way of our most fundamental creative capabilities — instead of freeing us, it can consume us.

When we feel like there isn’t enough time in the day for us to get everything done, when we wish for more time,” wrote sociologist Christine Carter, “we don’t actually need more time. We need more stillness.