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• Post #4367164

  Evaluating Creative Artifacts with CUPA: The final chapter in the Creativity part of my new book, Discontinuities: Love, Art, Mind https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/evaluating-creative-artifacts-with

• Post #3955302

  One can use AI as an adjunct to therapy (not a replacement for a human) for many reasons, including that it is expert in many different approaches (e.g., emotion-focused therapy, metacognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, etc.) So (depending on your level of knowledge) you can ask it to take whatever approach you want. Then you can use `Hook to New` to create a bidirectionally linked ('hooked') note in the app of your choice. For me it...

• Post #3955301

  Is anyone out there interested in time tracking and the free [mySelfQuantifier](https://cogzest.com/projects/mySelfQuantifier/) spreadsheet?

• Post #3955300

  I disagree with Cal Newport : Email can be deep work. I do some of my most important thinking writing deep messages to colleagues. I plan to write about that later.

• Post #3955299

  You are deeply affected by The Meta-Access Problem in the Age of Al Here's what it is and how to solve it: Answer is On My Substack; https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/contextual-information-retrieval and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meta-access-problem-age-al-luc-p-beaudoin-ep30c/

• Post #3955298

  Why You Can't Say AI Is—or Is Not—Intelligent https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-say-ai-isor-is-notintelligent This article draws on 3 decades of my research, and heavily on others.

• Post #3955297

  Is anyone really here. I post and radio silence. I'm spending more and more of my time on Substack. Deep knowledge-intense posts. Nice interactions. No offence but...

• Post #3955296

  I’m a big admirer of Ron Burnett, former president of Emily Carr University of Art and Design. So when I saw that he had written a biography of learning, I bought it and delved it. Read my book review of A Biography of Learning by Ron Burnett on Substack: https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/review-of-a-biography-of-learning

• Post #2360199

  I will be interviewed today by NPR about the cognitive shuffle for their mid-day show. The cognitive shuffle is a technique I invented, based on my sleep onset and insomnolence theory, to faciliate sleep → https://mysleepbutton.com/support/the-cognitive-science/ -> CUP chapter on the subject: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390502925

• Post #2360197

  What is grief and what causes it to endure? Part 1: Love: https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/what-is-grief-and-what-causes-it

• Post #2360196

  My new book is now 93% complete: Discontinuities: Love, Art, Mind https://leanpub.com/discontinuities/ This is a deep dive into understanding ourselves through science and art in its many forms (song, music, film, literature, etc.)

• Post #2360195

  What is Grief and What Causes It to Endure? Part 3: using stories and music to understand and heal grief. https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/what-is-grief-and-what-causes-it-820

• Post #2360194

  @MilekPl what are your thoughts on Sloman's Diagrams in the Mind article? https://cogaffarchive.org/sloman.diagbook.pdf I've started a project on diagrammatic reasoning (analogically reasoning to be more precise). I will include that in productive practice work such as [my learning from Fictopoiesis article in progress for bibliotherapy of all things](https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/productive-practice-driven-fictopoeisis)

• Post #2360193

  May I ask, what are your plans for presenting at conferences on diagrammatic reasoning in next year?

• Post #2360192

  Here's a cool example of the use of @hookmarkapp . I hooked a PDF to a youtube video the PDF describes PDF: https://cogaffarchive.org/sloman.diagbook.pdf , youtube video (of Mr Bean putting on a bathing suite without exposing himself) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCSQm86UB4

• Post #2360191

  On reasoning with diagrams and other analogical representations https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/on-reasoning-with-diagrams-and-other

• Post #2360190

  why on Earth does Kindle Mac app not allow you to search your notes! Has Kindle not progressed since I wrote this in 2013? http://cogzest.com/2013/11/whats-wrong-with-the-kindle-app-a-knowledge-delvers-perspective/

• Post #2360188

  NPR interview of me on the cognitive shuffle airing today! You can listen live here at 12.40pm ET - https://www.wbur.org/

• Post #2360185

  https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2026/04/29/cognitive-science-meets-meditation-why-i-developed-a-new-approach-to-help-improve-attention-and-emotional-regulation-and-executive-control/

• Post #2360181

  "#CognitiveScience meets #Meditation: Why I developed a new approach to help improve #Attention and #Emotional Regulation and Executive Control" https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2026/04/29/cognitive-science-meets-meditation-why-i-developed-a-new-approach-to-help-improve-attention-and-emotional-regulation-and-executive-control/

• Post #2360180

  Missing my mellifluous voice 😉? Here is the link to NPR interview of me, just a few minutes long, on the cognitive shuffle sleep technique and research https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/04/29/cognitive-shuffling-sleep

• Post #1325388

  I will submit a paper contextual information retrieval systems backed by #AI @HUMAN 2025 @ACM . Think Hookmark with AI (coming soon). @clausatz

• Post #710030

  In 2010 I told Steve Jobs Apple needed system-wide linking — Quick Note fell short, but Hookmark delivers the vision: https://hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/09/quick-note-on-macos-still-limited-in-2025/

• Post #710027

  Yesterday, Mark Bernstein ( @eastgate ) —the developer of #Tinderbox and editor of #Winterfest https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/—posted [on X](https://x.com/eastgate/status/2003239136812237221) posted about his new article, [Is the golden age of Indie software over? ](https://successfulsoftware.net/2025/12/22/is-the-golden-age-of-indie-software-over/) [which I highly recommend]. This led to an exchange on bookmarking, which I also captured on our Blog: https://hookproductivity.com/bl...

• Post #310358

  There’s a bug in Apple Mail. Hookmark overcomes it | by Luc P. Beaudoin https://medium.com/@LucCogZest/theres-a-bug-in-apple-mail-hookmark-overcomes-it-f6901c367139

• Post #310351

  🛌 Having trouble falling asleep—or staying asleep? I've put together a broad, research-backed collection of sleep tips that you can actually use. Most are based on peer-reviewed science, and the page is continuously updated. 💡 Tips for: Falling asleep Staying asleep What to do if you wake up at night Managing light, caffeine, mindset, and more 🌐 Check it out: http://mysleepbutton.com/support/msb-sleep-tips/ #Sleep #Insomnia #ScienceBased #CognitiveScience #Wellbeing `

• Post #310349

  I have taken Apple to task for not being sufficiently link friendly: [Apple’s macOS Apps Are the Weak Link](https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/apples-macos-apps-are-the-weak-link) @clausatz

• Post #310348

  Over @ Sharbprains, "a new and promising approach to ease falling asleep: The Cognitive Shuffle "https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/07/24/a-new-and-promising-approach-to-ease-falling-asleep-the-cognitive-shuffle/