John Paul Minda – Medium

John Paul Minda

John Paul Minda

Slow Social

When Elon Musk finalized his purchase of Twitter, I began to think about whether it would be worth staying on Twitter. I’m not alone, and…

3 min readOct 30, 2022

--

--

John Paul Minda
in
Educate.

The Unbearable Sameness of Online Meetings

Have you been working from home since March? Are you enjoying it or are you missing your old workplace? Are you are also starting to…

6 min readOct 16, 2020

--

2

The Unbearable Sameness of Online Meetings

--

2

John Paul Minda

You don’t need to identify with a candidate.

The 2020 presidential election in the US is overbearing. There are daily, hourly updates of breaking news. The current campaigns…

3 min readMar 2, 2020

--

You don’t need to identify with a candidate.

--

John Paul Minda

Use Paperpile’s Annotation System

Reading scientific papers as PDFs is a major part of being an academic. Professors, postdocs, grad students and undergraduates end up…

4 min readJan 18, 2020

--

Use Paperpile’s Annotation System

--

John Paul Minda

Summer Running or Winter Running: Which is Better?

I love running outside, but each season is different. And where I live, Southern Ontario, we get quite a range, with summer high…

7 min readJul 20, 2019

--

Summer Running or Winter Running: Which is Better?

--

John Paul Minda
in
Educate.

Mindful University Leadership

How a mindfulness practice can be cultivated and helpful for academic leaders.

11 min readJul 15, 2019

--

Mindful University Leadership

--

John Paul Minda

Psychology and the Art of Dishwasher Maintenance

It’s useful and powerful to know how something works. The cliché that “knowledge is power” may be a common and overused expression but…

9 min readFeb 12, 2019

--

2

Psychology and the Art of Dishwasher Maintenance

--

2

John Paul Minda

Why don’t more academics engage in public debate?

Last week, Matthew Sears wrote a great article in MacLean’s about how academics should do more public scholarship and debate. For example…

8 min readJan 6, 2019

--

Why don’t more academics engage in public debate?

--

John Paul Minda

The Benefits of Playing Sports

Both of my daughters play team sports. Club sports, recreational leagues, competitive leagues, and high school teams. It’s part of the…

5 min readJan 4, 2019

--

The Benefits of Playing Sports

--

John Paul Minda

Cause and Effect

“Correlation does not imply causation” is a well-worn phrase, an expression used to explain things, and (often) to smugly shut down an…

3 min readDec 27, 2018

--

Cause and Effect

--

John Paul Minda

John Paul Minda

Author and Professor of Psychology at Western University. I write about Cognitive Science, Psychology, and Higher Education. http://jpminda.com/

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams