How often have you had this happen to you? You’re in the middle of working on something important and you decide to take a brief break to check social media. You plan on only spending […]

Contemplating the Importance of Contemplation Franklin Foer has a new book coming out this week. It’s titled, World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech. 

The biggest problem with social media? It is designed to give us exactly the opposite of what we truly want in life. James Williams’ talk, Are Digital Technologies Making Politics Impossible? is a must-listen. Riffing on […]

The Disconnected Life Aziz Ansari recently deleted the web browser from his phone and laptop. He also stopped using email, Twitter and Instagram. As he explained in an interview with GQ, when he gets into a cab, […]

How Distracted Are You? Let’s face it, very few of us can say that we haven’t felt the gnawing frustration and loss of productivity caused by digital distraction. Whether it’s checking email habitually, responding to notifications, […]

3 Reasons Why Social Media Is Making You Unhappy For most of us, social media and the internet has become a normal part of everyday life. We use these platforms daily to communicate, share, and […]

Is a digital detox right for you? What is it? “Are you sure you want to logout?” A simple question that for many of us today can now seem daunting. Most of us do feel […]

Meet Adam Alter. Alter is a psychology and marketing professor at the University of New York and a New York Times best-selling author. His academic research focuses on judgment and decision-making, as well as social […]