Posts tagged #dopamine

A dopamine detox does not do what the internet promised. Here is what actually happens in your brain, and what actually helps you reset.

The Algorithm does the doomscroll opportunity-cost math and hides the bill. 47 minutes is 5,000 steps and 30 pages. Now the app hands you the receipt.

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.

The science of screen-time addiction: apps are built to hook you with behavioural techniques from Stanford. A short tour of the playbook run on you.