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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Eric Schumacher
DaydreamerIt's a simple, yet attractive idea that's caught on like wildfire: daydreaming is a sign of intelligence. Seemingly counterintuitive to long-held beliefs about productivity, the notion originated in a Georgia Tech research paper co-authored by the School of Psychology's Eric Schumacher and former graduate student Christine Godwin. It was published in August of last year, yet journalists are still writing about it. Now, mentions of the study on Google search stretch to seven pages. Perhaps the findings are so popular because they're almost too good to be true. We'd like to believe that we drift off in meetings not because we're unproductive, but because we're simply too smart for them. This take on the study by Inc. even suggests that the future of the workplace might see managers scheduling time to stare at walls. One can only dream.
