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May 19

The People Who Built the Feed Don’t Let Their Kids Use It

The engineers who designed endless scroll already know what it does to a developing brain. They built it anyway.

The People Who Built the Feed Don’t Let Their Kids Use It

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May 27

Your Brain Wasn’t Designed for This Much Stimulation. The Industry Knows.

The most consumed and least discussed pattern in digital life is quietly closing down the emotional range of an entire generation. This is…

Your Brain Wasn’t Designed for This Much Stimulation. The Industry Knows.

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Jun 9

I Deleted My Phone For 30 Days. What I Found Underneath Was Harder Than the Addiction.

The dopamine detox narrative is incomplete. It doesn’t tell you what happens when the distraction stops and you’re left alone with what…

I Deleted My Phone For 30 Days. What I Found Underneath Was Harder Than the Addiction.

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Sep 29

One Person Wrote Back

After weeks of strategy, funnels, and elaborate plans to be heard, it turned out to take one honest sentence from a stranger.

One Person Wrote Back

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Sep 24

The Kind of Lonely That Looks Like Being Seen

What eleven weeks of writing into near-silence taught me about the difference between being visible and being known.

The Kind of Lonely That Looks Like Being Seen

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Aug 29

I Quit Trying to Win the Algorithm and Built an Ecosystem Instead

For nine weeks, I fell into the exact trap I have spent months warning other people about: I let an algorithm dictate my worth.

I Quit Trying to Win the Algorithm and Built an Ecosystem Instead

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Aug 17

Why I’m Finally Starting to Remember My Life Again?

Six months away from Instagram, and the thing that surprised me most wasn’t what I gained — it was what I started to remember.

Why I’m Finally Starting to Remember My Life Again?

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Aug 10

The Karate Kid Taught Me Focus. Then Social Media Taught Me How to Lose It.

How the exact same psychological mechanism that teaches you to concentrate is used to make you addicted.

The Karate Kid Taught Me Focus. Then Social Media Taught Me How to Lose It.

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Jul 27

Social Media and Identity Crisis: Why We Lost Ourselves to the Feed

And that's exactly why quitting social media almost didn't save me.

Social Media and Identity Crisis: Why We Lost Ourselves to the Feed

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Jul 21

I Don’t Know If I’m Happier Since I Quit Instagram. But I Know I’m More Honest.

Four months away from my phone, and the thing I miss most is the version of myself I was performing.

I Don’t Know If I’m Happier Since I Quit Instagram. But I Know I’m More Honest.

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