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⚖️ Tech-Life Balance

Books that grapple with the challenge of living meaningfully in an age of constant connectivity, offering strategies and reflections on reclaiming attention, presence, and rest from the pull of screens.
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🧹 Digital Minimalism🎯 Attention Management
Hamlet's BlackBerry Summary
Hamlet's BlackBerry 92%
Writing, print, telegraph: each sparked an overload crisis. The old solutions still work.
by William Powers 2010
3.59
2k+ ratings
🌊 Digital Overload🧹 Digital Minimalism🎯 Attention Management
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🎯 Attention Management🧠 Extended Mind
The Distraction Addiction Summary
The Distraction Addiction 92%
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🎯 Attention Management🧠 Extended Mind
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
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
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
Digital Minimalism Summary
Digital Minimalism 91%
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
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
Reclaiming Conversation Summary
Reclaiming Conversation 91%
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
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week
by Tiffany Shlain • 2019
One day offline each week. The science says your attention, empathy, and sleep all improve.
3.80
3k+
🔌 Digital Minimalism🕯️ Sabbath Practice🧠 Dopamine Fasting
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week Summary
24/6 The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week 91%
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
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
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
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
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
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 Span Summary
Attention Span 90%
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
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
How to Break Up with Your Phone Summary
How to Break Up with Your Phone 90%
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
Stoic Philosophy and the Control Problem of AI Technology
by Edward H. Spence • 2021
We're building superintelligence without a control plan. Stoicism has one.
4.50
2
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment
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
4.50
2 ratings
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🤖 Ai Ethics🎯 Ai Alignment
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
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
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
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
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
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
You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier • 2010
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
3.57
6k+
🖥️ Digital Criticism🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism🤔 Technoskepticism
You Are Not a Gadget Summary
You Are Not a Gadget 90%
The internet reduces people to data points. The people who built it call that wisdom.
by Jaron Lanier 2010
3.57
6k+ ratings
🖥️ Digital Criticism🧑‍💻 Tech Humanism🤔 Technoskepticism
Make Time
by Jake Knapp • 2018
One daily priority. A boring phone. Steady energy. Two designers rebuild your attention from scratch
4.07
26k+
🕐 Time Management🎯 Attention Management☀️ Daily Focus Rituals
Make Time Summary
Make Time 90%
One daily priority. A boring phone. Steady energy. Two designers rebuild your attention from scratch
by Jake Knapp 2018
4.07
26k+ ratings
🕐 Time Management🎯 Attention Management☀️ Daily Focus Rituals
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
Stolen Focus Summary
Stolen Focus 90%
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
Tech Agnostic
by Greg Epstein • 2024
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
3.49
156
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism
Tech Agnostic Summary
Tech Agnostic 90%
Technology sold you a faith: saints, sacraments, apocalypse. The humanist case for walking away.
by Greg Epstein 2024
3.49
156 ratings
🕉️ Digital Religion⚙️ Technology Criticism🤔 Techno-Skepticism
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
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet Summary
100 Things We've Lost to the Internet 90%
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
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
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
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
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert Summary
Cyberkrank! Wie das digitalisierte Leben unsere Gesundheit ruiniert 90%
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
The Unplugged Hours
by Hannah Brencher • 2024
She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.
4.23
2k+
🧘 Digital Detox🙏 Spiritual Disciplines📱 Attention Economy
The Unplugged Hours Summary
The Unplugged Hours 90%
She unplugged for a thousand hours. What came back was the life she'd been scrolling past.
by Hannah Brencher 2024
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧘 Digital Detox🙏 Spiritual Disciplines📱 Attention Economy
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
Superbloom Summary
Superbloom 90%
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
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
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! Summary
Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! 90%
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
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
Future Minds Summary
Future Minds 90%
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
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
The Extinction of Experience Summary
The Extinction of Experience 90%
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
The Inner History of Devices
by Sherry Turkle • 2008
Your devices are confidants, not just tools. What they reveal about the self you're becoming.
3.83
81
🧠 Technology And Self📱 Digital Intimacy🎭 Online Identity
The Inner History of Devices Summary
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
3.83
81 ratings
🧠 Technology And Self📱 Digital Intimacy🎭 Online Identity
To Save Everything, Click Here
by Evgeny Morozov • 2013
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
3.67
1k+
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
To Save Everything, Click Here Summary
To Save Everything, Click Here 90%
Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.
by Evgeny Morozov 2013
3.67
1k+ ratings
💻 Tech Criticism🗳️ Internet Politics⚖️ Algorithms And Bias
Program or Be Programmed
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2010
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
3.72
2k+
🌐 Media Ecology⚖️ Technological Bias🎮 Digital Agency
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed 90%
Digital tools have biases. If you can't read their code, someone else writes your behavior.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010
3.72
2k+ ratings
🌐 Media Ecology⚖️ Technological Bias🎮 Digital Agency
Digital Detox
by Molly Defrank • 2022
The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.
4.42
244
📱 Digital Parenting⏳ Screen Time📵 Digital Detox
Digital Detox Summary
Digital Detox 90%
The two-week family screen reset that restores calm, creativity, and connection.
by Molly Defrank 2022
4.42
244 ratings
📱 Digital Parenting⏳ Screen Time📵 Digital Detox
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
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
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
The Filter Bubble Summary
The Filter Bubble 89%
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
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
The Art of Bitfulness Summary
The Art of Bitfulness 89%
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
The Tech-Wise Family
by Andy Crouch • 2017
Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.
4.25
9k+
✝️ Christian Parenting📵 Digital Minimalism🏡 Family Technology
The Tech-Wise Family Summary
The Tech-Wise Family 89%
Daily, weekly, and yearly tech fasts that recover sleep, conversation, and family worship.
by Andy Crouch 2017
4.25
9k+ ratings
✝️ Christian Parenting📵 Digital Minimalism🏡 Family Technology
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
The Shallows Summary
The Shallows 89%
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
La fábrica de cretinos digitales
by Michel Desmurget • 2019
A neuroscientist's radical screen rules: zero before six, thirty minutes a day after.
4.09
770
🧒 Child Development📺 Screen Time Effects📱 Digital Parenting
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
🧒 Child Development📺 Screen Time Effects📱 Digital Parenting
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
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect 89%
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
Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig • 2018
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
3.94
57k+
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox
Notes on a Nervous Planet Summary
Notes on a Nervous Planet 89%
The news, the scroll, the shopping cart are designed to hurt. What actually helps?
by Matt Haig 2018
3.94
57k+ ratings
🧠 Digital Age Anxiety🏙️ Modern Life Critique📵 Social Media Detox
Faster
by Ankit Fadia • 2013
100 tips for faster devices, smarter email, and a phone that actually saves you time.
4.05
211
💻 Digital Productivity📱 Tech How-To🔧 Life Hacks
Faster Summary
Faster 89%
100 tips for faster devices, smarter email, and a phone that actually saves you time.
by Ankit Fadia 2013
4.05
211 ratings
💻 Digital Productivity📱 Tech How-To🔧 Life Hacks
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
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World Summary
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World 89%
Ten rules for stopping screens from stealing your child's sleep, safety, and sanity.
by Jean M. Twenge 2025
4.30
706 ratings
📱 Digital Parenting🧠 Teen Mental Health⚠️ Social Media Risks
The Glass Cage
by Nicholas Carr • 2014
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
3.75
2k+
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage 89%
The more machines take over, the less we can do ourselves: automation's hidden trade-off.
by Nicholas Carr 2014
3.75
2k+ ratings
🔬 Technology And Cognition🏭 Automation And Society🔍 Technological Skepticism
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
Born Digital Summary
Born Digital 89%
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
Hacking Life
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. • 2019
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
3.62
97
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture
Hacking Life Summary
Hacking Life 89%
Life hacking promised control. A critic traces what the optimization movement cannot measure.
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 2019
3.62
97 ratings
🖥️ Digital Culture🔍 Self-Help Critique⚙️ Optimization Culture
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
3.83
1k+
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures
Team Human Summary
Team Human 89%
Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019
3.83
1k+ ratings
📱 Digital Criticism⚠️ Algorithmic Bias🧬 Social Creatures
The Efficiency Paradox
by Edward Tenner • 2018
How efficiency backfires: eroding skill, narrowing science, and engineering luck out of life.
3.27
311
🔍 Efficiency Critique🏪 Platform Economy🧭 Digital Deskilling
The Efficiency Paradox Summary
The Efficiency Paradox 89%
How efficiency backfires: eroding skill, narrowing science, and engineering luck out of life.
by Edward Tenner 2018
3.27
311 ratings
🔍 Efficiency Critique🏪 Platform Economy🧭 Digital Deskilling
Radical Technologies
by Adam Greenfield • 2017
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
4.02
1k+
⚡ Tech Criticism👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Ethics Of Technology
Radical Technologies Summary
Radical Technologies 89%
Eight technologies that run your day: the invisible tradeoffs reshaping power, work, and identity.
by Adam Greenfield 2017
4.02
1k+ ratings
⚡ Tech Criticism👁️ Surveillance Capitalism⚖️ Ethics Of Technology
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
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary
Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 89%
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
Focus
by Leo Babauta • 2010
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
3.63
1k+
🔌 Digital Minimalism🌿 Simple Living🎯 Single-Tasking
Focus Summary
Focus 89%
Your mind is stolen by endless pings. The fix is not another app but radical simplicity.
by Leo Babauta 2010
3.63
1k+ ratings
🔌 Digital Minimalism🌿 Simple Living🎯 Single-Tasking
Open
by Nate Klemp • 2024
Two forces are closing your mind: screens and outrage. The playbook for reversing both.
3.54
87
📱 Digital Minimalism🎰 Behavioral Addiction🗳️ Political Polarization
Open Summary
Open 89%
Two forces are closing your mind: screens and outrage. The playbook for reversing both.
by Nate Klemp 2024
3.54
87 ratings
📱 Digital Minimalism🎰 Behavioral Addiction🗳️ Political Polarization
Tools and Weapons
by Brad Smith • 2019
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
3.85
2k+
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons 89%
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
by Brad Smith 2019
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Tech Policy🔒 Privacy Rights🛡️ Cybersecurity
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