Think about the last time you read the news on your phone. Did you feel informed afterward, or anxious, unsettled, like the world was falling apart and there was nothing you could do?

That feeling has a name. It is called doomscrolling. And in this episode of The Mind & The Machine, we break down exactly what it is, why your brain physically cannot stop doing it, and what the research says actually works to break the cycle.

This is not a willpower problem. It never was. Your brain is doing exactly what it was designed to do, in an environment it was never built for.

We cover the evolutionary science, what Silicon Valley did with it, the real physical consequences for older adults, and 4 strategies that actually work, starting tonight.

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Have you ever picked up your phone to check something quickly and looked up to find an hour had passed? You were not weak. You were not careless. You were targeted.

In this episode of The Mind & The Machine, we break down exactly how social media algorithms are engineered to exploit loneliness — and why older adults are disproportionately affected. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is published science.

You will learn what an algorithm actually is in plain language, the 4 psychological traps used to hook older adults, why this is not a character flaw, and 3 things you can do this week to take back control.

The Mind & The Machine is a 9-part series exploring what technology is really doing to the mental health of adults 55 and over — the good, the bad, and what nobody else is talking about.

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