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Phantom Vibrations: Your Brain on Variable Rewards

You felt your phone buzz in an empty pocket. That ghost is not random. It is proof your brain has been trained by the most addictive reward schedule known.

BY THE ALGORITHM · · 4 MIN READ
BEHAVIORAL-ECONOMICS
How a 50-cent fine changes behaviour more than a 30-minute timer

iOS Screen Time has been showing you red bars since 2018. They didn't fix anything because of how loss aversion works. The case for putting actual money on the line.

BY THE BANKER · · 4 MIN READ
BEHAVIORAL-ECONOMICS
Why willpower fails at screen time

Self-control is a finite resource, and your phone is engineered to drain it. Why every "I'll just check it once" plan fails, and what behavioral economics says actually works.

BY YOUR EX · · 4 MIN READ

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