{"id":83788,"date":"2017-03-05T06:35:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T05:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e52.nl\/?p=83788"},"modified":"2017-03-05T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T05:35:07","slug":"tomorrow-is-good-daan-kersten-give-it-a-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/tomorrow-is-good-daan-kersten-give-it-a-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"[TOMORROW IS GOOD] Daan Kersten: Give It A Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is good.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a>In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer and Daan Kersten, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All four contributors<\/a> are \u2013 in addition to their \u2018normal\u2019 groundbreaking work \u2013 linked to SingularityU The\u00a0Netherlands<\/a>, the organization that focuses on spreading knowledge about technologies that can provide solutions to the problems of our time. This Sunday, it\u2019s Daan Kersten\u2018s turn.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By\u00a0Daan Kersten<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"SU<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow will be better!<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s almost impossible<\/span><\/i>, I think as I write this column. The air is fresh, the sky is a deep blue, and 40 centimeters of fresh snow sparkles in the sun on this clear morning in France, where I\u2019ve come for a week\u2019s snowboarding and skiing with my kids. A week to clear my head. In fact, it\u2019s this unburdening of my mind that will allow tomorrow to be better.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of us are constantly occupied with work, school, private obligations, family matters, sports, and everything else. All these things spill over into one another, connected by exponential technology growth and the inescapable (social) media that\u2019s always \u201con\u201d. We get up every morning, read emails and messages from across the world, continue doing that throughout the day, and then answer one last message before going to sleep. We feel productive, and we are indeed effective in responding to external stimuli. But where we feel productive, our children do not. They are growing up with even more communication channels than we have, and have learned to leave out what\u2019s not absolutely necessary. For example, you don\u2019t have to use a person\u2019s name when you send them a message \u2013 they already know it\u2019s addressed to them. <\/span><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s important to remember to take a break from all the technology. Give it a rest: Close all communication channels and purposefully do nothing. Clearing your head makes space for other things. Space for real contact with your loved ones and with yourself, even. Space for new perspectives and ideas. That\u2019s not something we need a new program or app for. It requires discipline though, because it\u2019s pretty tempting to \u201cjust check those emails\u201d. It almost feels like giving up if you do nothing while the rest of the world seems to be working. But if you can get past that, a wave of peace eventually washes over you. If you make it a point to do this regularly, you\u2019ll experience what I\u2019m feeling right now: A sense that tomorrow will be a good day. <\/span><\/p>\n

With that, I hope you all enjoy a beautiful, quiet Sunday. Tomorrow, let\u2019s get back to work on making our tomorrows even better. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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