The Mind-Bending World of Neurotechnologies
With little fanfare, technologies that manipulate brain activity (both external and implanted) pose dangers to health, identity, and society, even as they achieve medical successes.
Category: Psychology
Print Preview: Issue #4 | Fall 2019
Our fourth print issue—covering issues of identity, censorship, Internet infrastructure and more—is about to ship nationally.
Podcast #32: Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids
Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a metastasizing marketing machine that has swept kids into its orbit of consumerism and surveillance.
Podcast #26: Adam Gazzaley on Our Distracted Minds
Neurologist Adam Gazzaley discusses how the brain’s attentional system functions–or doesn’t–when buffeted by digital distraction.
Curbing Our Tech Obsession: What, Why, & How
Young people are obsessively checking their phones more every year. Here are some reasons why, and strategies to regain control.
Podcast #19: Tim Kasser Talks Materialism
Tim Kasser has spent over two decades studying the relationship between materialism and well-being. As it turns out, they don’t always go together.
Q&A with David Sax, Author of The Revenge of Analog
Our own Art Keller chats with author David Sax about the themes in his book The Revenge of Analog.
Podcast #18: Catherine Steiner-Adair on Tech and Child Development
Catherine Steiner-Adair is a clinical psychologist whose empathic 2013 book The Big Disconnect warned us about the impacts of digital tech on child development and family relationships. She’s been on a non-stop speaking tour ever since.
Is Democracy Threatened by Chatbots?
Chatbots are becoming more sophisticated both in their ability to process language and gauge emotion. As social media increasingly influences our news and beliefs, this could be a big problem.
Podcast #15: David Greenfield on Internet Addiction
Psychiatrist, professor, and author David Greenfield, founder of the Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, was one of the first medical professionals to recognize and study the addictive qualities of the Internet. He explains what we know, what it means, and what can be done.