Escape the attention economy. Reclaim your focus.
Practical experiments for building a more intentional relationship with technology
Explore practical ideas, experiments, and frameworks for navigating life in an algorithm-driven world. From attention habits and digital boundaries to intentional technology practices, Lab helps you build healthier ways to use technology.
Why do you forget what you read online? Familiarity isn't recall, and recall isn't application. A six-door framework for turning saved articles into behavior.
Free feeds don’t charge money, but they charge attention, time, and mood. This essay opens the two ledgers behind scrolling, from data compounding to emotional displacement, and offers a seven-day counterfactual test.
Most short study sessions feel productive and produce nothing. A task-time fit matrix, three conditions that make microlearning work, and a 7-day self-test.
Noise doesn't get louder when you put the phone down — your brain's masking does. The anesthetic/exit loop behind night waking, plus a two-week self-test.
A two-axis framework for judging how interruptible your work is, plus five practices that cut recovery time — with the mechanism behind each one.
TL;DR culture is eroding your ability to derive complex ideas. Learn why fluent input masks poor output, and deploy 3 geek-tested experiments to debug your thinking.
Attention residue, variable-ratio reinforcement, revenge bedtime procrastination — three mechanisms that explain why your day disappears. Plus five experiments to build a cognitive airlock.
Your finger clicks before your brain catches up. Reverse-engineer the curiosity, rage, and anxiety loops behind clickbait, rage bait, and productivity porn.
You treat every offhand remark as a task. It’s not people-pleasing or burnout — it’s over-responsibility. Here’s how the pattern works and how to reset it.
Always-on culture isn't a willpower problem—it's a protocol design flaw. Learn the cognitive cost of perpetual connectivity and 4 frameworks to rewrite your personal notification protocol without waiting for company policy to change.
Rebuild an intentional relationship with technology. This lab experiment uses metadata-first and embodied calibration to counter AI-driven memory pollution.
Can't put your phone down at bed? It's not a willpower problem. Learn the science-informed Digital Sunset protocol to rebuild your brain's closing ritual.
Spending too long scrolling on the toilet? Discover why phones extend bathroom breaks, the health risks of prolonged sitting, and practical ways to break the habit.
Productive procrastination feels like learning but drains your focus. Learn to debug your attention system with practical frameworks for intentional tech use.
Stop blaming your prompts. Learn what the 'alignment Fatigue' really is, why AI hallucinates or sounds generic, and how to rethink human-AI collaboration.
Ever pick up your phone and forget why you opened it? This everyday experience connects to the doorway effect, attention switching, and how digital environments reshape our focus.
AI progress is accelerating, but your attention does not have to follow every update. Learn how to build a healthier relationship with AI through intentional use, creative practice, and information boundaries.
Your attention is not broken. It is adapting to an environment designed for constant engagement. Learn how to rebuild focus through attention rehabilitation, environmental design, and intentional technology use.
You are not lazy. You are experiencing attention fragmentation. Learn how task switching, interruptions, and unfinished tasks drain your focus—and how to redesign your environment for deeper work.
Feeling drained by constant Slack pings and Teams notifications? Discover practical strategies to set digital boundaries, overcome workplace FOMO, and reclaim your focus without sacrificing visibility or career growth.
In an age of algorithms, metrics, and constant visibility, private digital spaces are becoming essential. Explore what Finsta reveals about attention, identity, and how to build your own unoptimized spaces online.
Why do saved videos, bookmarks, and reading lists often become sources of guilt? Explore the cognitive patterns behind digital accumulation and learn gentle ways to redesign your relationship with information.
A closer look at what AI research, cognitive offloading, and the attention economy reveal about how digital environments shape the way we think.
A practical 48-hour offline experiment to step away from automatic scrolling, observe your digital habits, and rebuild a more intentional relationship with technology.
A practical guide to using grayscale mode as an attention design tool. Learn why removing color can make your phone less distracting—without deleting apps or relying on willpower.
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