Barack Obama, you may recall, wore a BlackBerry on his hip back when this dying decade was young and shiny and brimming with hope. As much as he loved his Canadian-made phone, No-Drama Obama didn’t strike anyone as addicted to still-emerging digital platforms like Twitter. Win McNameeBut soon thereafter, Twitter and Facebook became entwined in real-world events, helping unleash the Arab Spring. Yet the brain-hackery of social media is taking on new shape elsewhere. “Doing things like disabling your notifications for social media apps and keeping your display in black and white will reduce your phone’s ability to grab and hold your attention,” notes Haynes.

Source: thestar December 26, 2019 12:00 UTC