30 April 2017

• Prophylactic: Intended to prevent disease 
• Mindfulness may have a prophylactic effect: it can strengthen the areas that are most susceptible to cognitive decline. (Maria Konnikova)
• Variegated: Varied; diversified; diverse
• Through modifying our practices of thought towards a more Holmes-like concentration, we can build up neural real-state that is better able to deal with the variegated demands of the endlessly multitasking, infinitely connected modern world. (Maria Konnikova)
• Traipse: Walk or move wearily or reluctantly 
• In the time it takes old detective Mac to traipse around all those country towns in search of the missing bicyclist in "The Valley of Fear", Holmes solved the entire crime without leaving the room where the murder occurred. (Maria Konnikova)