Why You’re Always “On” (And How to Turn It Off)
There’s a pervasive kind of tiredness that comes from being constantly reachable. At any moment, you can be disturbed with a ping, buzz, “quick question”, calendar invite and more. These intrusions are not technically urgent and yet they wear on you and everything starts to feel pressing. In this constant state of low-grade alertness, you’re […]
The Friendship Recession: When Everyone’s Busy and No One’s Fine
In modern friendships, there’s a strange irony in that we are technically easier to reach than ever and yet seeing people we care about feels difficult in practice. Voice notes pile up, text threads stretch into weeks and everyone agrees on a get together, but no one can tell you when it’s going to happen. […]
The New Brain: Why Everyone Is Building a Second Mind
Imagine a scenario where your brain has a digital counterpart; a searchable repository of everything you’ve learned, planned and thought about. This is a place where your ideas could reside without being forgotten and it could be a reliable partner to think with. For the curious, this is not science fiction, it’s known as “second […]
Emotional Regulation Is the Skill Nobody Taught Our Generation
In the modern era, we’re virtually obsessed with the concept of self-knowledge and our feeds are filled with therapy-speak driven content. Feelings are named and shared, self-awareness is treated as a moral imperative and yet many of us are still at the mercy of our emotions. A deal or interruption may trigger a spiral and […]