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mindfulness

A Victorian translation of a Pali word, operationalized in one 1979 stress clinic, carried by a book, a PBS series, and a Google course to a TIME cover. Then denatured into an app-store category.

1900 to 2026, 4 sources

Gestation: first sustained attestation to ignition (ngram)GestationCrystallization: ignition to peak (ngram)CrystallizationDenaturing: holding above 60% of peak (ngram)Ignition 2003: first crossing of 10% of peak with sustained growth (ngram)Ignition 2003Peak 2021: maximum of smoothed series (ngram)Peak 20210%25%50%75%100%1900192019401960198020002020Logistic fit1979: Kabat-Zinn founds the UMass stress clinic1990: Full Catastrophe Living1993: PBS, Healing and the Mind2004-11-13: Wikipedia article created ("Mindfulness")2007: Google's Search Inside Yourself2014-02-03: TIME cover: The Mindful Revolution

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Gestation 1900 to 2003Crystallization 2003 to 2021Denaturing 2021 to 2022

Measured on Google Books

Growth rate k
0.323/yr
Rise midpoint
2012
Fit quality r²
0.987
Post-peak half-life
still on the plateau

The dated record

  1. 1881 Rhys Davids translates Pali satidictionary
  2. 1979 Kabat-Zinn founds the UMass stress clinicinstitutional
  3. 1990 Full Catastrophe Livingbook
  4. 1993 PBS, Healing and the Mindmedia
  5. 2004-11-13 Wikipedia article created ("Mindfulness")platform
  6. 2007 Google's Search Inside Yourselfinstitutional
  7. 2014-02-03 TIME cover: The Mindful Revolutionmedia