Why can't we stop scrolling, even when we know it isn't good for us? Do we need a dopamine fast? Or is there something else we're missing? Do our smartphones make us complacent and dependent?
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/style/dopamine-fasting.html
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/dopamine-fasting-misunderstanding-science-spawns-a-maladaptive-fad-2020022618917
"Generations" by Jean Twenge
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10541009/
"On Anger" by Seneca: https://archive.org/details/seneca_anger
Technology Connections on algorithmic complacency: https://youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?si=Nac0h4_btuBOPfLB