Psychology Today recently published Anthony Silard’s article, “Do You Enjoy Your Phone or Feel Trapped by It?” You can read it here.
Read MoreLoneliness has skyrocketed over the past few years. According to a recent Cigna study, over 3 in 5 Americans are lonely. “Yes, but why,” you may be asking. Is it our phones and devices, or other societal changes, such as increasing economic, political and social discord and division? It’s Not Just Our Phones It’s difficult to isolate only […]
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article was recently published in Psychology Today. You can read it here:
Read MoreOpinions about when the pandemic will end are like mouths: everyone has one. Optimists predict a flattening of the curve and a workable vaccine within six months; pessimists forecast that we’ll be flattened by the curve and will never return to our pre-pandemic way of life. So which is better? To be an optimist and […]
Read MoreThe million-dollar question running through the minds of most of us during the pandemic, often multiple times each day, is “When will it end?” I’ve joined Zoom group meetings with friends that focus singularly on this question. After a while, we grow weary of talking about it, yet it still occupies a large portion of our brains every day. Miss […]
Read MoreAt this stage of our collective history, there seems to be consensus that the overuse of our phones and devices is causing our close relationships to atrophy. Yet many of us still do not understand how this is happening. In this article, I will attempt to shed light on how our excessive reliance on email, texting and other forms of text-based communication (IMs, […]
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article was published in Psychology Today. You can read it here.
Read MoreOne myth about the digital age is that we spend time on our phones because we enjoy them. The truth is that we spend time on our phones because we feel compelled to. Notifications: Your Frequent Purveyor of Dopamine … How can you transcend the dopamine-seeking behavior that keeps you touching your phone, on average, over […]
Read MorePsychology Today just published Anthony Silard’s article. Please check it out here.
Read MoreI am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land. — Seneca One of my former students once told me that he did not make a single phone call to his fellow MBAs during his entire two-year program. All communication was by Facebook, text message and Whatsapp. With a constant queue of people […]
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