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What screens are doing to your brain.

The research on attention, sleep and mood, in plain language — plus honest comparisons of the tools that claim to help.

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The people doing the real research.

We sell a card. These are the researchers and writers actually studying what phones do to attention, sleep and mood. Start here, not with us.

Research · Substack

Jonathan Haidt — After Babel

The Anxious Generation author on phones, childhood and the mental health decline. The best-sourced body of work in the field.

Read → Attention · Books

Cal Newport

Deep Work and Digital Minimalism. The clearest thinking on what focused work actually requires.

Read → Advocacy

Center for Humane Technology

The team behind The Social Dilemma, on how the attention economy is designed and what to do about it.

Read → Generational data

Jean Twenge

iGen and Generations. Decades of survey data on how smartphone adoption tracks against teen wellbeing.

Read → The 2,617 number

Dscout — Mobile Touches

The original study behind the stat everyone quotes, including us. Read the method, not just the headline.

Read → Clinical

American Psychological Association

Guidance and evidence reviews on social media use and adolescent health, without the hot takes.

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What is DisConnect?

A free screen time app plus an NFC card, made in Toronto. Tap the card to block the apps that eat your evenings. There's no timer and no ignore button — the only way back in is to tap the card again.

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Put it down. Put it away.

The card is $39, once. Nothing to charge, nothing to cancel.

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