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Offline

by Imran Rashid, Soren Kenner
February 2019
Beginner
216 pages
4h 10m
English
Capstone
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Chapter Seven

Making Changes Is Not Easy!

The brain/mind hacks used in smartphones and social media work mainly by finding the weaknesses in the partnership between the older parts of your brain and the newer, and there are many. And while these hacks may be great for the companies that develop them, we think you should be able to decide how to use smartphones and social media without being digitally manipulated.

Our purpose is not to make anyone stop using smartphones or social media—we think both are useful tools and provide good entertainment. But we want to make it easier for you and your family to break the habits that lead you to spend more time online and less time together than you might actually want to. In essence, we want to make ...

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