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How to Thrive in the Digital Age
by Tom Chatfield • 2012
Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.
3.08
598
🧘 Digital Wellbeing🧠 Attention Management📖 Digital Literacy📥 Information Overload🌐 Technology And Society
How to Thrive in the Digital Age Summary
How to Thrive in the Digital Age 98%
Your phone rewired your brain. The repair is a humanist reset, not a detox.
by Tom Chatfield 2012
3.08
598 ratings
🧘 Digital Wellbeing🧠 Attention Management📖 Digital Literacy📥 Information Overload🌐 Technology And Society
The Distraction Addiction
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang • 2013
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
3.52
641
🧘 Digital Mindfulness⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🎯 Attention Management🧠 Extended Mind🧹 Digital Minimalism
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction 97%
Digital detox is a dead end. Real focus starts with breathing, not unplugging.
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang 2013
3.52
641 ratings
🧘 Digital Mindfulness⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🎯 Attention Management🧠 Extended Mind🧹 Digital Minimalism
Future Minds
by Richard Watson • 2010
Every screen you own is quietly rewiring your brain. Deep thinking is the hidden casualty.
3.77
162
🔌 Attention Economy📱 Screen Culture🧘 Digital Detox📵 Digital Overload🎯 Sustained Focus
Future Minds Summary
Future Minds 97%
Every screen you own is quietly rewiring your brain. Deep thinking is the hidden casualty.
by Richard Watson 2010
3.77
162 ratings
🔌 Attention Economy📱 Screen Culture🧘 Digital Detox📵 Digital Overload🎯 Sustained Focus
Stolen Focus
by Johann Hari • 2022
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
4.22
80k+
📊 Attention Economy🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism📨 Information Overload📱 Digital Distraction🧠 Screen Time Effects
Stolen Focus Summary
Stolen Focus 97%
You touch your phone 2,617 times a day. That's not a habit. It's a business model.
by Johann Hari 2022
4.22
80k+ ratings
📊 Attention Economy🕵️ Surveillance Capitalism📨 Information Overload📱 Digital Distraction🧠 Screen Time Effects
The End of Absence
by Michael Harris • 2014
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
3.63
2k+
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🧘 Digital Solitude
The End of Absence Summary
The End of Absence 96%
The last generation to know life before the internet reveals what constant connection has hidden.
by Michael Harris 2014
3.63
2k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Criticism📺 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🧘 Digital Solitude
Stop Reading the News
by Rolf Dobelli • 2019
You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.
3.71
4k+
📰 Media Criticism📵 Digital Minimalism🧠 Attention Management🔄 Behavioral Addiction🎯 Cognitive Bias
Stop Reading the News Summary
Stop Reading the News 96%
You are not informed. You are addicted. The case for quitting news entirely.
by Rolf Dobelli 2019
3.71
4k+ ratings
📰 Media Criticism📵 Digital Minimalism🧠 Attention Management🔄 Behavioral Addiction🎯 Cognitive Bias
Solitude
by Michael Harris • 2017
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
3.66
2k+
💰 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🎨 Solitude And Creativity🌲 Nature Therapy🪞 Self-Reflection
Solitude Summary
Solitude 96%
Your phone checks you 150 times a day. Solitude is the lost art: reclaiming your attention.
by Michael Harris 2017
3.66
2k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox🎨 Solitude And Creativity🌲 Nature Therapy🪞 Self-Reflection
How to Do Nothing
by Jenny Odell • 2019
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
3.65
57k+
💸 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox✊ Quiet Resistance🌎 Bioregionalism💻 Tech Critique
How to Do Nothing Summary
How to Do Nothing 96%
Your attention is being mined. The most radical response: do nothing.
by Jenny Odell 2019
3.65
57k+ ratings
💸 Attention Economy📵 Digital Detox✊ Quiet Resistance🌎 Bioregionalism💻 Tech Critique
The Art of Bitfulness
by Nandan Nilekani • 2022
Phones exploit your psychology by design. Three modes that make deep focus the easy choice.
4.21
128
🧘 Digital Wellness📉 Attention Economy🔄 Habit Design⏰ Time Management🔒 Privacy And Data
The Art of Bitfulness Summary
The Art of Bitfulness 96%
Phones exploit your psychology by design. Three modes that make deep focus the easy choice.
by Nandan Nilekani 2022
4.21
128 ratings
🧘 Digital Wellness📉 Attention Economy🔄 Habit Design⏰ Time Management🔒 Privacy And Data
Reclaiming Conversation
by Sherry Turkle • 2015
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
3.80
5k+
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis🗣️ Meaningful Conversation👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation 96%
Texts and posts replaced real conversation, and we lost something irreplaceable in the trade.
by Sherry Turkle 2015
3.80
5k+ ratings
🛑 Techno Skepticism🌐 Media Ecology📱 Attention Crisis🗣️ Meaningful Conversation👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Parenting
In Emergency, Break Glass
by Nate Anderson • 2022
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
3.91
323
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy🏆 Personal Mastery📚 Information Diet
In Emergency, Break Glass Summary
In Emergency, Break Glass 96%
Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.
by Nate Anderson 2022
3.91
323 ratings
🏛️ Applied Philosophy🔧 Technology Critique📱 Attention Economy🏆 Personal Mastery📚 Information Diet
How to Break Up with Your Phone
by Catherine Price • 2018
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
3.91
22k+
🧭 Digital Detox📱 Smartphone Addiction🗣️ Social Media Critique🎯 Attention Management🔄 Habit Design
How to Break Up with Your Phone Summary
How to Break Up with Your Phone 96%
The 30-day plan that unhooks your brain from the device designed to keep it hooked.
by Catherine Price 2018
3.91
22k+ ratings
🧭 Digital Detox📱 Smartphone Addiction🗣️ Social Media Critique🎯 Attention Management🔄 Habit Design
Bored and Brilliant
by Manoush Zomorodi • 2017
Boredom fuels creative breakthroughs. Your phone erased it. A week-long experiment to get it back.
3.71
5k+
🧹 Digital Minimalism🎨 Creative Process🎯 Attention Management📱 Phone Addiction🧠 Neuroscience Of Attention
Bored and Brilliant Summary
Bored and Brilliant 96%
Boredom fuels creative breakthroughs. Your phone erased it. A week-long experiment to get it back.
by Manoush Zomorodi 2017
3.71
5k+ ratings
🧹 Digital Minimalism🎨 Creative Process🎯 Attention Management📱 Phone Addiction🧠 Neuroscience Of Attention
Focus
by Leo Babauta • 2010
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
3.63
1k+
🔌 Digital Minimalism🌿 Simple Living🎯 Single-Tasking🧹 Decluttering🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Focus Summary
Focus 96%
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
by Leo Babauta 2010
3.63
1k+ ratings
🔌 Digital Minimalism🌿 Simple Living🎯 Single-Tasking🧹 Decluttering🧘 Mindfulness Practice
Attention Span
by Gloria Mark • 2023
Screen attention spans dropped from 150 seconds to 47. Why, and how to restore them.
3.52
2k+
🖥️ Digital Attention⚡ Interruption Management📱 Screen Habits💰 Attention Economics💼 Knowledge Workers
Attention Span Summary
Attention Span 96%
Screen attention spans dropped from 150 seconds to 47. Why, and how to restore them.
by Gloria Mark 2023
3.52
2k+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Attention⚡ Interruption Management📱 Screen Habits💰 Attention Economics💼 Knowledge Workers
The Sirens' Call
by Christopher L. Hayes • 2025
Attention is finite, information is not; that imbalance fuels a hidden war for your mind.
3.94
9k+
💰 Attention Economy📊 Information Overload📱 Digital Distraction💬 Social Media Critique😶 Modern Alienation
The Sirens' Call Summary
The Sirens' Call 96%
Attention is finite, information is not; that imbalance fuels a hidden war for your mind.
by Christopher L. Hayes 2025
3.94
9k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy📊 Information Overload📱 Digital Distraction💬 Social Media Critique😶 Modern Alienation
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
by Tiffany Shlain • 2019
One day offline each week. The science says your attention, empathy, and sleep all improve.
3.80
3k+
🔌 Digital Minimalism🕯️ Sabbath Practice🧠 Dopamine Fasting🎯 Attention Restoration🐢 Slow Living
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Summary
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week 96%
One day offline each week. The science says your attention, empathy, and sleep all improve.
by Tiffany Shlain 2019
3.80
3k+ ratings
🔌 Digital Minimalism🕯️ Sabbath Practice🧠 Dopamine Fasting🎯 Attention Restoration🐢 Slow Living
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!
by Julio Vincent Gambuto • 2023
The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.
3.47
1k+
🧹 Digital Detox🛒 Consumer Culture📡 Attention Economy😩 Modern Exhaustion💔 External Validation
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! Summary
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! 95%
The economy runs on your distraction. The plan for unsubscribing from everything that drains you.
by Julio Vincent Gambuto 2023
3.47
1k+ ratings
🧹 Digital Detox🛒 Consumer Culture📡 Attention Economy😩 Modern Exhaustion💔 External Validation
The Information Diet
by Clay A. Johnson • 2011
Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.
3.50
2k+
📚 Information Literacy👁️ Attention Economy🌿 Digital Wellness📰 Media Literacy🌐 Media Ecology
The Information Diet Summary
The Information Diet 95%
Information overload is a myth. Affirmation outsells truth, and your attention is the product.
by Clay A. Johnson 2011
3.50
2k+ ratings
📚 Information Literacy👁️ Attention Economy🌿 Digital Wellness📰 Media Literacy🌐 Media Ecology
Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig • 2018
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
3.94
57k+
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox🧘 Mindfulness Practices👁️ Attention Economy Critique
Notes on a Nervous Planet Summary
Notes on a Nervous Planet 95%
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
by Matt Haig 2018
3.94
57k+ ratings
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox🧘 Mindfulness Practices👁️ Attention Economy Critique
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier • 2018
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
3.58
18k+
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification👁️ Attention Economy🔗 Digital Addiction
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now 95%
Social media is a behavior-modification machine. The only sane answer: delete your accounts.
by Jaron Lanier 2018
3.58
18k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique⚖️ Tech Ethics🧠 Behavior Modification👁️ Attention Economy🔗 Digital Addiction
Golden
by Justin Zorn • 2022
Silence heals the brain. Justice requires it. We've engineered a world that forbids both.
3.86
547
🏦 Attention Economy🧘 Inner Silence👂 Active Listening📴 Digital Detox🧠 Presence Practice
Golden Summary
Golden 95%
Silence heals the brain. Justice requires it. We've engineered a world that forbids both.
by Justin Zorn 2022
3.86
547 ratings
🏦 Attention Economy🧘 Inner Silence👂 Active Listening📴 Digital Detox🧠 Presence Practice
The World Beyond Your Head
by Matthew B. Crawford • 2015
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
3.79
3k+
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition⚙️ Critique Of Technology🎯 Attention Management
The World Beyond Your Head Summary
The World Beyond Your Head 95%
Your attention is being strip-mined by design. The way out is physical, skilled, and shared.
by Matthew B. Crawford 2015
3.79
3k+ ratings
💰 Attention Economy🔍 Phenomenology👤 Embodied Cognition⚙️ Critique Of Technology🎯 Attention Management
Faster
by James Gleick • 1999
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
3.52
2k+
📊 Information Overload⏱️ Time Perception⚡ Speed Culture👁️ Attention Economy🔀 Multitasking Myth
Faster Summary
Faster 95%
Technology promised to save time. Instead it filled the gaps and trained us to crave speed.
by James Gleick 1999
3.52
2k+ ratings
📊 Information Overload⏱️ Time Perception⚡ Speed Culture👁️ Attention Economy🔀 Multitasking Myth
Noise
by Joseph McCormack • 2019
Noise is rewiring your brain and nobody is immune. The practical blueprint for reclaiming focus.
3.62
242
🎯 Attention Management📱 Digital Wellness📚 Information Overload👂 Present Listening✂️ Brief Communication
Noise Summary
Noise 95%
Noise is rewiring your brain and nobody is immune. The practical blueprint for reclaiming focus.
by Joseph McCormack 2019
3.62
242 ratings
🎯 Attention Management📱 Digital Wellness📚 Information Overload👂 Present Listening✂️ Brief Communication
Hacking Life
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. • 2019
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
3.62
97
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture📊 Quantified Self🧘 Digital Minimalism
Hacking Life Summary
Hacking Life 95%
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2019
3.62
97 ratings
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture📊 Quantified Self🧘 Digital Minimalism
Breaking Bread with the Dead
by Alan Jacobs • 2020
Information overload shrinks your sense of time; old books stretch it back open.
3.92
2k+
🧘 Reading And Well-Being🤯 Information Overload⏳ Historical Perspective🐢 Slow Reading📚 Literary Humanism
Breaking Bread with the Dead Summary
Breaking Bread with the Dead 95%
Information overload shrinks your sense of time; old books stretch it back open.
by Alan Jacobs 2020
3.92
2k+ ratings
🧘 Reading And Well-Being🤯 Information Overload⏳ Historical Perspective🐢 Slow Reading📚 Literary Humanism
Mindful Tech
by David M. Levy • 2016
Turn screen time into noticing time: a mindfulness method for unscrolling your life.
3.41
153
🧘 Tech Mindfulness🎯 Attention Management🧠 Emotional Regulation👁️ Self-Observation📴 Digital Detox
Mindful Tech Summary
Mindful Tech 94%
Turn screen time into noticing time: a mindfulness method for unscrolling your life.
by David M. Levy 2016
3.41
153 ratings
🧘 Tech Mindfulness🎯 Attention Management🧠 Emotional Regulation👁️ Self-Observation📴 Digital Detox
The Twelve Monotasks
by Thatcher Wine • 2021
Twelve everyday activities, done one at a time, that rebuild the focus your phone dismantled.
3.31
686
🧠 Attention Management📋 Single-Tasking📱 Digital Distraction🧘 Everyday Mindfulness🐌 Slow Movement
The Twelve Monotasks Summary
The Twelve Monotasks 94%
Twelve everyday activities, done one at a time, that rebuild the focus your phone dismantled.
by Thatcher Wine 2021
3.31
686 ratings
🧠 Attention Management📋 Single-Tasking📱 Digital Distraction🧘 Everyday Mindfulness🐌 Slow Movement
The Distracted Mind
by Adam Gazzaley • 2016
Your brain treats information like food. Smartphones exploit that instinct relentlessly.
3.70
1k+
🎯 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📊 Information Overload
The Distracted Mind Summary
The Distracted Mind 94%
Your brain treats information like food. Smartphones exploit that instinct relentlessly.
by Adam Gazzaley 2016
3.70
1k+ ratings
🎯 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience📊 Information Overload
Program or Be Programmed
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
3.72
2k+
🌐 Media Ecology⚖️ Technological Bias🎮 Digital Agency⏰ Attention Economy💻 Code Literacy
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed 94%
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010
3.72
2k+ ratings
🌐 Media Ecology⚖️ Technological Bias🎮 Digital Agency⏰ Attention Economy💻 Code Literacy
Singletasking
by Devora Zack • 2015
Multitasking is rapid task-switching that exhausts your brain. The rules for doing one thing well.
3.66
627
🧠 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction⏰ Time Management🔬 Neuroscience Of Productivity🧘 Mindfulness At Work
Singletasking Summary
Singletasking 94%
Multitasking is rapid task-switching that exhausts your brain. The rules for doing one thing well.
by Devora Zack 2015
3.66
627 ratings
🧠 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction⏰ Time Management🔬 Neuroscience Of Productivity🧘 Mindfulness At Work
The Internet of Us
by Michael Patrick Lynch • 2016
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
3.50
545
🔍 Epistemology💻 Digital Culture📚 Information Overload🌀 Echo Chambers📉 Truth Decay
The Internet of Us Summary
The Internet of Us 94%
Why the age of unlimited data is making it harder, not easier, to agree on what counts as evidence.
by Michael Patrick Lynch 2016
3.50
545 ratings
🔍 Epistemology💻 Digital Culture📚 Information Overload🌀 Echo Chambers📉 Truth Decay
The Organized Mind
by Daniel J. Levitin • 2014
Attention bandwidth: 120 bits per second. Two conversations fill it. Defend the rest.
3.65
15k+
🌊 Information Overload💼 Knowledge Work🎯 Attention Management🧠 Memory Systems📋 Productivity Systems
The Organized Mind Summary
The Organized Mind 94%
Attention bandwidth: 120 bits per second. Two conversations fill it. Defend the rest.
by Daniel J. Levitin 2014
3.65
15k+ ratings
🌊 Information Overload💼 Knowledge Work🎯 Attention Management🧠 Memory Systems📋 Productivity Systems
Lifescale
by Brian Solis • 2019
Your focus is under intentional attack. Steps to reclaim attention, creativity and purpose.
3.71
284
📱 Digital Distraction🎯 Attention Management🎨 Creative Fulfillment🧭 Life Purpose😊 Positive Psychology
Lifescale Summary
Lifescale 94%
Your focus is under intentional attack. Steps to reclaim attention, creativity and purpose.
by Brian Solis 2019
3.71
284 ratings
📱 Digital Distraction🎯 Attention Management🎨 Creative Fulfillment🧭 Life Purpose😊 Positive Psychology
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology
by Edward H. Spence • 2021
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
4.50
2
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment👀 Attention Economy🏢 Big Tech Critique
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 94%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
4.50
2 ratings
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment👀 Attention Economy🏢 Big Tech Critique
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life
by Katherine Ormerod • 2018
Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.
3.49
801
📱 Social Media Critique🧘 Digital Wellness🎣 Attention Economy⚖️ Social Comparison👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 94%
Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.
by Katherine Ormerod 2018
3.49
801 ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🧘 Digital Wellness🎣 Attention Economy⚖️ Social Comparison👁️ Surveillance Capitalism
Find Your Focus Zone
by Lucy Jo Palladino • 2007
Boredom and frenzy both kill focus. Train your brain to find the sweet spot between them.
3.91
428
🧠 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction❤️ Emotional Regulation🔄 Habit Formation⚡ Adhd Management
Find Your Focus Zone Summary
Find Your Focus Zone 94%
Boredom and frenzy both kill focus. Train your brain to find the sweet spot between them.
by Lucy Jo Palladino 2007
3.91
428 ratings
🧠 Attention Management📱 Digital Distraction❤️ Emotional Regulation🔄 Habit Formation⚡ Adhd Management
The Power of Agency
by Paul Napper • 2019
34 gigabytes of daily data has you paralyzed. Seven principles to clear your head and act.
3.91
426
📥 Information Overload🧹 Environment Design🧘 Emotional Regulation🔄 Cognitive Reframing👥 Social Influence
The Power of Agency Summary
The Power of Agency 94%
34 gigabytes of daily data has you paralyzed. Seven principles to clear your head and act.
by Paul Napper 2019
3.91
426 ratings
📥 Information Overload🧹 Environment Design🧘 Emotional Regulation🔄 Cognitive Reframing👥 Social Influence
Irresistible
by Adam Alter • 2017
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
3.85
13k+
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy🎯 Persuasive Design🎮 Gamification
Irresistible Summary
Irresistible 94%
The apps in your pocket are as carefully engineered for addiction as any casino game.
by Adam Alter 2017
3.85
13k+ ratings
🔄 Behavioral Addiction📱 Tech Addiction👀 Attention Economy🎯 Persuasive Design🎮 Gamification
Living with the Monks
by Jesse Itzler • 2018
Fifteen days with monks, no phone: the small rituals that delivered more happiness than any deal.
3.84
3k+
📵 Tech Disconnection🔬 Self-Experiments⛪ Monastic Wisdom🎯 Attention Management🧱 Habit Design
Living with the Monks Summary
Living with the Monks 94%
Fifteen days with monks, no phone: the small rituals that delivered more happiness than any deal.
by Jesse Itzler 2018
3.84
3k+ ratings
📵 Tech Disconnection🔬 Self-Experiments⛪ Monastic Wisdom🎯 Attention Management🧱 Habit Design
Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida
by Marian Rojas Estapé • 2024
A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.
4.27
5k+
🧠 Dopamine Detox📱 Digital Detox🧘 Attention Restoration😴 Sleep Science🔥 Neuroinflammation
Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida Summary
Recupera tu mente, reconquista tu vida 94%
A neuroscience-based plan to starve your dopamine addictions and feel alive again.
by Marian Rojas Estapé 2024
4.27
5k+ ratings
🧠 Dopamine Detox📱 Digital Detox🧘 Attention Restoration😴 Sleep Science🔥 Neuroinflammation
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism🤖 Algorithmic Bias📱 Phone Addiction
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 93%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism🤖 Algorithmic Bias📱 Phone Addiction
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
3.57
6k+
🖥️ Digital Criticism🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism🤔 Technoskepticism💼 Creative Economy⚙️ Technological Determinism
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 93%
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
by Jaron Lanier 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Criticism🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism🤔 Technoskepticism💼 Creative Economy⚙️ Technological Determinism
The Attention Merchants
by Tim Wu • 2016
Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.
4.07
5k+
🎯 Attention Economy📺 Media History👁️ Surveillance Capitalism📱 Digital Addiction📢 Propaganda Studies
The Attention Merchants Summary
The Attention Merchants 93%
Your attention has been for sale since 1833. The hidden industry that trades in it.
by Tim Wu 2016
4.07
5k+ ratings
🎯 Attention Economy📺 Media History👁️ Surveillance Capitalism📱 Digital Addiction📢 Propaganda Studies
The Wise Men
by Walter Isaacson • 1997
Concentration is now rarer than talent. Rebuild it, protect it, and do the work machines cannot.
4.11
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💼 Knowledge Work⚙️ Productivity Systems🎯 Deep Focus🧠 Attention Management🔄 Habit Design
The Wise Men Summary
The Wise Men 93%
Concentration is now rarer than talent. Rebuild it, protect it, and do the work machines cannot.
by Walter Isaacson 1997
4.11
4k+ ratings
💼 Knowledge Work⚙️ Productivity Systems🎯 Deep Focus🧠 Attention Management🔄 Habit Design
Alone Together
by Sherry Turkle • 2011
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
3.62
6k+
🤖 Social Robotics📱 Digital Isolation🎭 Online Identity💌 Mediated Intimacy🔔 Always On Culture
Alone Together Summary
Alone Together 93%
Robots comfort the elderly, screens raise children. What we lose when machines mediate intimacy.
by Sherry Turkle 2011
3.62
6k+ ratings
🤖 Social Robotics📱 Digital Isolation🎭 Online Identity💌 Mediated Intimacy🔔 Always On Culture
A Simpler Life
by The School of Life • 2022
Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.
3.98
2k+
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity🧭 Intentional Living🪞 Self-Reflection🫂 Meaningful Connection⚖️ Work-Life Alignment
A Simpler Life Summary
A Simpler Life 93%
Modern life's curse is too much of everything. The real upgrade is learning how to subtract.
by The School of Life 2022
3.98
2k+ ratings
🏡 Voluntary Simplicity🧭 Intentional Living🪞 Self-Reflection🫂 Meaningful Connection⚖️ Work-Life Alignment
Attention
by Casey Schwartz • 2020
Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.
3.12
394
🏪 Attention Economy💊 Prescription Stimulants📱 Digital Distraction🧠 Trauma And Focus🍄 Psychedelic Therapy
Attention Summary
Attention 93%
Adderall promised perfect focus. Her addiction revealed an economy that profits from destroying it.
by Casey Schwartz 2020
3.12
394 ratings
🏪 Attention Economy💊 Prescription Stimulants📱 Digital Distraction🧠 Trauma And Focus🍄 Psychedelic Therapy
The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr • 2014
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
3.75
2k+
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism📉 De-Skilling🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage 93%
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
by Nicholas Carr 2014
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism📉 De-Skilling🧑‍💻 Human-Centered Design
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