By: Sophie Martin I loved this book! I have been working in the field of education for more than ten years, and one thing has always perplexed me: no matter how much effort went into the work (the vaping interventions, [...]
By: Nicholas Carlisle In 2004, the average person could hold their attention on a screen for about two and a half minutes before switching to something else. By 2024, that number had fallen to 47 seconds. Against that backdrop, here [...]
By: Jake Sen While scrolling through Instagram one night, I came across a post that I found deeply troubling. After hesitating, I decided to report it - a few clicks, and it was done. Days later, I received a reply: [...]
By: Preslav Tonkov For Aristotle, the good life is lived in moderation. Excess in any human action or emotion becomes a vice. Courage lies between cowardice and recklessness; generosity between stinginess and extravagance. In an age of social media - [...]
The Digital Age has entered a new chapter. Increasingly, we are turning to large language models, not just as the smartest and fastest research assistants that we’ve ever had, but for advice, emotional support, and companionship. The extent to which [...]
As I sit at the airport lounge waiting to board, I can't help but notice five-year-olds gawking at their iPads. No one is bored. No bouts of laughter or silliness or annoyance. It is disturbingly serene. Our flights are two [...]
In this personal reflection piece, Shalini breaks the silence, sharing her own story and those of others who grew up bullied in Indian schools. Their voices contain their pain and resilience, urging us to make bullying-prevention central to Indian education. [...]
On this UNESCO Day against Violence and Bullying at School including Cyberbullying, I want to offer a reflection: If we treat this day as simply a call to stop cyberbullying, we’ve missed the point. Cyberbullying isn’t just a problem for [...]
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but sharper still are words on phones.” We grew up on the internet. It taught us the lyrics to songs we never meant to memorize. It raised us on Pokémon, Orkut scraps, MSN [...]
My daughter turned one in July, and as a mother in Mumbai, I’ve already started researching school options. The more I read, the more I find myself thinking about the kind of school she’ll go to. I’m clear it’s not [...]
You wake up late, make your coffee and breakfast, and take it back into bed with you. You stream something on your laptop, maybe it's a comfort show, and pull out your phone to scroll, without any intention to stop. [...]
Is the digital detachment movement a passing fad or is it here to stay? Phones in bowls. Dumbphones on TikTok. Digital detox retreats that cost more than rent. The digital detachment movement may be our great escape from the noise [...]
When Social Media Day launched in 2010, the response was overwhelmingly positive. Mashable, the digital media site behind the idea, helped coordinate 724 events in 93 countries to mark the occasion. Local governments joined in too - the City Council [...]
The Netflix drama Adolescence reflects a dangerous online reality Many people have been introduced to the language of the manosphere through Netflix's new show Adolescence, where Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe’s son, Adam, explains the meaning behind certain emojis and slang [...]
Stephen Graham's applauded mini-series Adolescence, which premiered on Netflix on March 13, has quickly become the platform's most-watched show in the United Kingdom and 70 other countries. The series' emotional closing monologue—a father's confession, "I'm sorry, son, I could've done [...]
Photo by Carla Gomez Monroy Growing up as a teenager in Nigeria, the digital world felt completely out of reach for me. I never had any interactions with a personal internet connected device until the late age of seventeen, when [...]
