The hidden cost of convenience—and how to use tech without losing humanity

The New Literacy Understanding Algorithms the Way We Once Learned to Read The left column feels like progress.The right column is the tax nobody itemized—until the bill arrived as loneliness, rage-farming, and 14-year-olds who can’t read a map. Source: 2025 Stanford–Meta joint study (n = 2.8 million users).The curve never comes back on its own. … Continue reading The hidden cost of convenience—and how to use tech without losing humanity