I loved this book because it finally put words to a discomfort I have felt for years but could never fully articulate. As I read, I kept thinking about students, classrooms, and even my own daily habits, and how subtly anxiety has become normalized. What struck me most was how deeply this book resonated with my lived experience, not just my academic interests. I found myself pausing often, reflecting on childhood, attention, and emotional resilience in a screen-saturated world. This book stayed with me because it made me more attentive to how fragile human development can be when technology quietly rewires our social foundations.
An urgent and insightful investigation into the collapse in youth mental health, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling author
Jonathan Haidt has spent his career speaking truth and wisdom in some of the most difficult spaces - communities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the mental health emergency hitting teenagers today in many countries around the world.
In The Anxious Generation, Haidt shows how, between 2010 and 2015, childhood and adolescence got rewired. As teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, time online soared, including time spent…
I loved this book because it made me confront how fractured my own attention had become without realizing it. While reading, I kept noticing how often I felt the urge to check something else, which made the experience deeply personal. Hari’s writing pushed me to reflect on how distraction is not a personal failure but a systemic condition of modern life. I appreciated how the book encouraged me to slow down and notice what I had been sacrificing in the name of productivity. Long after finishing it, I found myself rethinking how I protect my focus and what kind of life that focus helps me build.
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH
'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY
'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY
'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY
Why have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back?
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I loved this book because it forced me to reflect on pleasure, pain, and self-control in a way that felt honest and uncomfortable. As I read, I kept recognizing patterns from my own routines and digital habits, which made the experience surprisingly intimate. What stayed with me most was how clearly the book connected modern overstimulation with emotional numbness. I appreciated how it made me more aware of balance rather than excess, restraint rather than constant reward. This book reshaped how I think about motivation and well-being, especially in a culture that quietly trains us to chase the next hit of satisfaction.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, as heard on Fresh Air
This book is about pleasure. It’s also about pain. Most important, it’s about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We’re living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting . . . The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day…
ALGORITHMIC SAGA: UNDERSTANDING MEDIA, CULTURE, AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE AI AGE We live in an algorithmic world—where technology doesn’t just support our lives, it defines them. Algorithmic Saga takes you inside this digital transformation, exploring how media, culture, and artificial intelligence are reshaping human experience. From the rise of meme culture and digital footprints to the hidden influence of algorithms, Dr. Muhammad Atique uncovers the forces driving our online lives. He explains how FOMO, echo chambers, and information overload shape our choices, while delusionships and cyber intimacy challenge how we connect. But this book is more than critique—it offers practical ways to regain balance through digital fasting, digital detox, and mindful engagement. Looking ahead, it explores agentic AI, AGI, and projects like AI-2027 that will redefine society itself. This book also explores digital transformation on a broader scale—showing how governments, healthcare systems, and industries are being reshaped by technology, and how these shifts raise profound questions about ethics, power, and human autonomy. Timely, insightful, and accessible, Algorithmic Saga is a guide to thriving—not just surviving—in the age of AI.
