Screens, News & Social Media
Phones, social media, doomscrolling and the news, and what they do to our minds.
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Forty Out of Forty-Seven: What the World Happiness Report Says Social Media Is Doing to a Generation’s Mind
Forty-seven countries were asked the same question about teenage life. In forty of them, the answer got worse — and if a…
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The Thumb That Moves Before You Decide: What a New Trial of 128 Students Reveals About Breaking the Scroll Habit
Your phone is not making decisions for you. But something is happening between the wanting and the reaching that neither of you…
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The News That Never Sleeps: What a New Review of Fourteen Studies Reveals About Doomscrolling and Your Mind
You already know the feeling of reaching for the phone before you have decided to. This is for the moment just after…
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Sharpen the Jaw, Miss the Warning: What “Looksmaxxing” Is Really Telling Us About Boys and Body Image
A Singular Point of View If you have caught yourself filming your own jaw from an angle no one else will ever…
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The Machine That Listens: What a New Study Reveals About AI Chatbots, Therapy and the Limits of a Kind Voice
A Singular Point of View There is an old comfort in being heard. Long before there were clinics or waiting lists, people…
