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Scientific American: Mobile Technology and the Brain — The System Behind Screen Dependence

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Author: Scientific American contributors.

This episode explores Scientific American’s work on mobile technology, social media, and the brain as a systems-level analysis of how digital interface architecture influences behavior, belief, memory, attention, and developmental outcomes.

By focusing on incentive architecture rather than personalities or events, the episode shows why these systems persist — and how they connect to larger economic, political, and cultural structures.

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