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Digital Friction Isn’t Enough: You Need Separation
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The standard advice for reducing phone use is friction. Delete the app. Log out. Turn off notifications. Make it harder to access the distraction. Read more…
The Whole-Stack Trap: Fewer Protocols Work Better
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Every protocol you add to your life has a compliance tax. The tax has four components: mental overhead (remembering to do it), scheduling friction (finding t… Read more…
The Analog First Hour
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You have heard the advice before: do not check your phone in the first hour of waking. Keep the morning analogue. No email, no news, no Slack. Read more…
Why Information Overload Causes Decision Fatigue
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The standard explanation for information fatigue is cognitive overload. The idea is that your brain has a limited processing capacity and that excessive info… Read more…
What Generative AI Does to Your Thinking
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The worry about generative AI is that it makes you dumber. That by outsourcing thinking to a machine, your cognitive capacity declines. Read more…
Cognitive Atrophy Compounds Like Sedentary Behavior
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The sedentary behavior analogy is useful for understanding cognitive decline in the AI era. No single missed workout destroys your fitness. One week of misse… Read more…
