Mind.
— Attention, mood, memory, meaning. The cognitive science behind everyday life, with citations and without the productivity-guru packaging.
4 essays · all unpaywalled
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Loneliness is a public health problem with a missing budget line.
The mortality risk of chronic social isolation rivals smoking. The medical system has no billing code for it, and the policy response remains conspicuously thin. What the evidence supports — and what individuals can actually do.
12 MIN - 11
Doomscrolling and what it actually does to your nervous system.
The infinite feed is not designed to inform you. It is designed to keep your sympathetic nervous system mildly activated for as long as possible. After a while, that bill comes due.
11 MIN - 16
Decision fatigue: the hidden tax on willpower.
From parole boards to supermarket aisles, the evidence shows that the quality of human decisions degrades with use. What behavioural science says about ego depletion, glucose, and the architecture of better choices.
14 MIN