As social media continues to favour endlessly addictive short-form videos and infinite scrolling, it’s little surprise that many of us are starting to feel uncomfortably close to the humans in Wall.E.

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I don’t remember exactly when it happened. Probably around 2012, when I downloaded Instagram to my iPhone and posted my first heavily filtered image. In the years that followed, the iPhone, which had, ...

After years of struggling to curb my screen time, apparently all I needed was a $59 hunk of plastic.

Screentime. It brings us together, tears us apart, and more people are wanting distance from it. In recent years, several apps and devices have entered the market promoting a phone-free, or at least ...

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I orchestrate distraction for a living. That’s not my job description, but as a social media manager, I understand dopamine loops, engagement bait and why people come back for more. Because I know how ...