| The biological layer of a theory of social action for lawyers
Lawyer’s MIND should have rich associative memory regarding the matters for which they’re being paid.
The right brag for a litigator is “able to learn a new subject quickly.”
→you want to become able to hear enough to make an association that makes a bell ring. →Because an argument/essay is a constructed entity, you should be able to find a quotation with reference to the structure in your mind.
→Litigation support technology—full-text search—is still way inferior to a well-stocked lawyer’s mind.
What impedes good memory?
1. sleep deprivation and 2. stress. But you must learn to form good memories under sleep deprivation, because you’re going to law firms. What you do affects your body, and your brain is no exception.
3. “Vegging out” = “time spent forgetting what you read 45 minutes ago—–the neurological process antecedent to losing memories.”
Could the professor please define the boundary line between vegging out, and not vegging out that's also not working?
Prof: The overstimulated mind needs rest and relaxation. But COMMERCIAL TV is a social [something]: it induces a state of mind that facilitates selling to you, which is "vegging out." That a by-product of vegging out is poorer memory is not their problem. Moglen suggests transcendental meditation. |