At 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 […]
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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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Read MoreYes, it’s true: on average, we touch our phones over 2,500 times per day. Why? “Because we enjoy it!” many people tell me at my conferences. It turns out nothing could be further from the truth. We are constantly on our phones because we feel compelled to be. Once again, why? Dopamine. Dopamine Drives You Toward […]
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article was published in Psychology Today. You can read it here.
Read MoreA good friend who is a professor at the Universitá del Piemonte 75 km west of Milan wrote to me two months ago about her experience with Italy’s nationwide lockdown: My family, friends, colleagues and I are all well but things are indeed quite difficult here, especially from a psychological point of view. Now we all live in a red […]
Read MoreAnthony Silard’s article was published in Psychology Today. You can read it here.
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