Brian Ostafin | Mindwise

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 by Brian Ostafin

Can Awe Break the Spell of Modernity?

THE FLATTENING OF THE WORLD Modern people are surrounded by scientific and technological miracles and yet scarcely notice them. We carry devices that would have seemed magical to our ancestors, cross continents in hours, and summon vast libraries from our pockets. Yet for all this power, many of us move through a world that feels […]

Mindfulness and getting unstuck from the webs of habit

Habits are hard to change, as illustrated in Plato’s quote that “The first and best victory is to conquer self”. Mindfulness meditation has begun to be studied as a way to counteract detrimental mental habits. We examined whether mindfulness would delink the relation between alcohol impulses and alcohol use.