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📱 Digital Distractions

The relentless pull of notifications, feeds, and infinite scroll — and the struggle to protect deep attention in an economy designed to fracture it.
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
by Pamela Paul • 2021
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
3.39
3k+
🌐 Internet Culture🧠 Attention Economy📱 Digital Distraction📞 Pre-Internet Life👥 Social Media Critique
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 92%
A hundred things the internet took: boredom, unrecorded mistakes, and the right to disappear.
by Pamela Paul 2021
3.39
3k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Culture🧠 Attention Economy📱 Digital Distraction📞 Pre-Internet Life👥 Social Media Critique
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 92%
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
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 92%
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
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 92%
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 91%
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
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert
by Manfred Spitzer • 2015
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
3.78
203
📱 Digital Addiction👶 Children And Screens🧠 Attention And Distraction⚠️ Tech Skepticism🔄 Behavioral Addiction
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert Summary
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert 91%
From addiction to sleeplessness: a neuroscientist's clinical case against the smartphone era.
by Manfred Spitzer 2015
3.78
203 ratings
📱 Digital Addiction👶 Children And Screens🧠 Attention And Distraction⚠️ Tech Skepticism🔄 Behavioral Addiction
Hamlet's BlackBerry
by William Powers • 2010
Writing, print, telegraph: each sparked an overload crisis. The old solutions still work.
3.59
2k+
🌊 Digital Overload⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🧹 Digital Minimalism🎯 Attention Management📜 Historical Analogies
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry 91%
Writing, print, telegraph: each sparked an overload crisis. The old solutions still work.
by William Powers 2010
3.59
2k+ ratings
🌊 Digital Overload⚖️ Tech-Life Balance🧹 Digital Minimalism🎯 Attention Management📜 Historical Analogies
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 91%
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
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 91%
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
Superbloom
by Nicholas Carr • 2025
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
4.04
2k+
📱 Social Media Critique💻 Digital Culture🌐 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy🎯 Persuasive Technology
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom 91%
Communication's speed and abundance were supposed to unite us. Instead, they fragment and enrage.
by Nicholas Carr 2025
4.04
2k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique💻 Digital Culture🌐 Media Ecology🧠 Attention Economy🎯 Persuasive Technology
The Happiness Effect
by Donna Freitas • 2017
A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.
3.31
265
🌐 Digital Culture⚖️ Social Comparison😨 Fear Of Missing Out📵 Digital Detox📱 Social Media Addiction
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect 91%
A generation learned to perform happiness online; the emotional bill is now coming due.
by Donna Freitas 2017
3.31
265 ratings
🌐 Digital Culture⚖️ Social Comparison😨 Fear Of Missing Out📵 Digital Detox📱 Social Media Addiction
The Extinction of Experience
by Christine Rosen • 2024
The price of a seamless life: you lose patience, presence, and the ability to read a face.
3.65
2k+
📱 Digital Culture🎯 Attention Economy🗣 Technology Criticism🧠 Embodied Cognition📲 Smartphone Effects
The Extinction of Experience Summary
The Extinction of Experience 91%
The price of a seamless life: you lose patience, presence, and the ability to read a face.
by Christine Rosen 2024
3.65
2k+ ratings
📱 Digital Culture🎯 Attention Economy🗣 Technology Criticism🧠 Embodied Cognition📲 Smartphone Effects
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 91%
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 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 91%
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
The Filter Bubble
by Eli Pariser • 2011
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
3.79
5k+
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation⏳ Attention Economy💾 Data Labor
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble 91%
Every click surrenders your free will to an algorithm. The only fix: quit social media entirely.
by Eli Pariser 2011
3.79
5k+ ratings
📱 Social Media Critique🫧 Filter Bubbles🎛️ Digital Manipulation⏳ Attention Economy💾 Data Labor
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
by Tony Reinke • 2017
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
4.28
8k+
✝️ Digital Theology📺 Media Ecology📱 Smartphone Addiction⏰ Attention Economy🙏 Spiritual Formation
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You Summary
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You 91%
Your phone is making you a worse worshipper. Here is what to do about it.
by Tony Reinke 2017
4.28
8k+ ratings
✝️ Digital Theology📺 Media Ecology📱 Smartphone Addiction⏰ Attention Economy🙏 Spiritual Formation
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! 91%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
Born Digital
by John Palfrey • 2008
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
3.62
1k+
🌐 Digital Culture🔬 Internet And Society👤 Digital Identity🔒 Online Privacy🎨 Remix Culture
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital 90%
When childhood happens online, identity is public, privacy erodes, and creativity becomes remix.
by John Palfrey 2008
3.62
1k+ ratings
🌐 Digital Culture🔬 Internet And Society👤 Digital Identity🔒 Online Privacy🎨 Remix Culture
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
The Shallows
by Nicholas Carr • 2010
Every click and scroll physically restructures your brain, and deep thought is the casualty.
3.89
33k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity📉 Attention Economy📺 Media Ecology📖 Deep Reading💥 Information Overload
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows 90%
Every click and scroll physically restructures your brain, and deep thought is the casualty.
by Nicholas Carr 2010
3.89
33k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity📉 Attention Economy📺 Media Ecology📖 Deep Reading💥 Information Overload
Digitale Demenz. Wie wir uns und unsere Kinder um den Verstand bringen
by Manfred Spitzer • 2012
Screen time shrinks the brain’s capacity for deep focus, trading it for permanent distraction.
3.70
2k+
🧠 Neuroplasticity📱 Screen Time Effects👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Age Parenting📖 Deep Reading💔 Social Media Harms
Digitale Demenz. Wie wir uns und unsere Kinder um den Verstand bringen Summary
Digitale Demenz. Wie wir uns und unsere Kinder um den Verstand bringen 90%
Screen time shrinks the brain’s capacity for deep focus, trading it for permanent distraction.
by Manfred Spitzer 2012
3.70
2k+ ratings
🧠 Neuroplasticity📱 Screen Time Effects👨‍👩‍👧 Digital Age Parenting📖 Deep Reading💔 Social Media Harms
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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
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 90%
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 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 90%
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
Filterworld
by Kyle Chayka • 2024
Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.
3.62
5k+
🔄 Algorithmic Curation🏛️ Cultural Homogenization👀 Attention Economy🎥 Creator Economy📡 Media Ecology
Filterworld Summary
Filterworld 90%
Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.
by Kyle Chayka 2024
3.62
5k+ ratings
🔄 Algorithmic Curation🏛️ Cultural Homogenization👀 Attention Economy🎥 Creator Economy📡 Media Ecology
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 90%
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
Digimodernism
by Alan Kirby • 2009
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
3.49
78
🖥️ Digital Culture📡 Media Theory🔄 Postmodernism Critique👥 Participatory Culture🎮 Interactive Media
Digimodernism Summary
Digimodernism 90%
The internet did not just add screens. It ended postmodernism and installed a new cultural logic.
by Alan Kirby 2009
3.49
78 ratings
🖥️ Digital Culture📡 Media Theory🔄 Postmodernism Critique👥 Participatory Culture🎮 Interactive Media
Digital Minimalism
by Cal Newport • 2019
A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.
4.05
97k+
🧹 Digital Detox💰 Attention Economy🎯 Tech Intentionality📱 Social Media Critique🕰️ Analog Revival
Digital Minimalism Summary
Digital Minimalism 90%
A thirty-day reset that uncovers which apps earn your minutes and which steal them.
by Cal Newport 2019
4.05
97k+ ratings
🧹 Digital Detox💰 Attention Economy🎯 Tech Intentionality📱 Social Media Critique🕰️ Analog Revival
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 90%
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
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 90%
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 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 90%
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
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 90%
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 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 90%
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
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 90%
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
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World
by Jean M. Twenge • 2025
Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.
4.30
706
📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Teen Mental Health⚠️ Social Media Risks😴 Sleep Deprivation👨‍👩‍👧 Authoritative Parenting
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World Summary
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World 90%
Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.
by Jean M. Twenge 2025
4.30
706 ratings
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The Inner History of Devices 90%
Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.
by Sherry Turkle 2008
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Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology Summary
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology 90%
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
by Edward H. Spence 2021
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Antisocial Media Summary
Antisocial Media 90%
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3.86
590 ratings
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24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Summary
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week 89%
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
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La fábrica de cretinos digitales Summary
La fábrica de cretinos digitales 89%
A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.
by Michel Desmurget 2019
4.09
770 ratings
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