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by state_less
2192 days ago
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Mindfulness is somewhat analogous to breaking out the profiler or debugger/introspection on a program you're running. You step through each state of mind deliberately, looking at the callstack and variable that brought you to this point. Introspecting with mindfulness or a debugger isn't in itself going to make your program work better, though you might learn enough about the way the program is working that your initial unhappiness with it subsides because you see that the program is working as well as can be expected. Other times you might see a program with many unnecessary calls and in need of a great deal of change, which in itself might make you blow your top upon discovery - especially if the change will be difficult or nearly impossible. That people find problems with the program doesn't mean that the debugger is broken or debugging is something to be avoided. We use these tools and while they might not always guarantee a pleasant experience, or even that you can change anything, they allow us to discover something about the program or ourselves that can be of some benefit often enough that we keep these tools around. If you force people to drop down to the debugger every day, be prepared to get some clear feedback. Is an industrial school system ready to take on that sort of thing? It seems the goals is to turn out students to spec efficiently than the concerns of students mental life (e.g. You might not have much agency over doing X, but do it anyway because it furthers our graduation/testing/cost goals). If you're really interested in the students wellbeing (e.g. my parents are having problems at home, or I'm having problems with my classmates), I think the debugger can be a helpful tool. If you're debugger sessions are perfunctory with a stated goal of helping improve the program, but in fact discovered problems aren't addressed or are expected to be minimized, then you won't have much success with the debugger and I wouldn't diagnose it as a problem with the debugger or debugging per se. |
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It's hard to not be cynical.
From the article:
"Kayleigh cuts in: ‘Sometimes other things help me more. But they don’t listen to us, they just tell us to do mindfulness.’"
Of course.
https://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/