Last November, in the days after the election results were called, I abandoned my Twitter and Threads accounts. (TikTok, as well, but that was easier; I’ve never actually used it.) I kept my Facebook ...

From notification overload to doomscrolling, the costs of being “always on” are adding up. Here’s why logging off is gaining traction.

Psychology professor Kostadin Kushlev researches how smartphones and social media shape our mental health. Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee is on a mission to log off. Together, they examine the inverse ...

When I walked into a concert last month, I was handed a bingo card. The phrases on squares prompted me to find people who had the same favorite color as I did, or had traveled recently — meaning I'd ...

An individual’s legacy used to be measured in acres and bank balances. Now? It might be hiding behind a password, stored in the cloud, earning ad revenue on YouTube or waiting in your Venmo history.

Logging off is luxe: You know what’s trendy? Not texting back. Seriously, people are paying to not be online (paywall link). They’re going to concerts and dinner parties where phones get locked up and ...