Smartphone & Social Media Addiction

Boredom leads to brilliance, says Manoush Zomorodi in her book, Bored and Brilliant. To soothe her colicky baby, Zomorodi would push the baby stroller for miles around the neighbourhood. Those long aimless technology-free walks were boring, but sparked her brain with...

One of our Undistractable — Digital Detox bootcamp participants once shared his experience about how he attempted to do a complete digital detox. He had switched his smartphone for a basic feature phone and deleted all his social media profiles. He took this drastic...

Johann Hari, a British-Swiss writer and journalist, was tired of always being wired. So he booked himself a cozy little room by the beach and banished his smartphone and computer. He would stay there for 3 months, decompressing and regaining his ability for deep...

Silicon Valley venture capital investor, Chamath Palihapitiya, was one of the early senior executives at Facebook between 2007-2011. As the head of Growth, he was responsible for acquiring new users to Facebook.  In an interview at the Stanford School of Business, he...

From ordering biryani on Swiggy when hungry to swiping right on Tinder to find a partner, the internet has completely changed the way we live.  We communicate differently, we learn differently, we participate in society differently. Things are drastically different...

Want to stop social media addiction? Here are some ways you can get your life back with these 7 essential digital detox practices.