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June 20, 2026
What two weeks without mobile internet does to your attention
Scientists paid 467 people to switch off the internet on their phones for two weeks. What happened next is worth two minutes of your time.
June 19, 2026
What 8,000 kids and four years tell us about attention
A major Karolinska study followed children for four years. The ones who used more social media drifted toward distraction — and the direction of cause is the part worth sitting with.
June 12, 2026
Why time limits fail, and what holds instead
Most screen-time tools hand the decision back to you in the exact moment you're least able to make it. Here's the small design difference that holds the line.