10 Best Articles on Phone Addiction
The most useful articles on phone addiction from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
Refind focuses on timeless pieces and updates the list whenever new, must-read articles or videos are discovered.
Top 5 Phone Addiction Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on phone addiction by Refind users in 2024 so far.
- The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
- Boring Phone: How to Stop Phone Addiction
- The Rise of Mobile Gambling Is Leaving People Ruined and Unable to Quit
- Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing?
- The pleasure, the pain and the politics of a digital detox
Videos
Watch a video to get a quick overview.
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong
What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem.
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How to overcome Phone Addiction [Solutions + Research]
Phone addiction is one of the biggest non-drug addiction in human history. Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide (example), spoilt
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on phone addiction—all under 10 minutes.
Why You Can’t Stop Scrolling on Your Phone Before Bed, and How To Break the Pattern
Your mind is likely trying to exercise control over tough emotions by escaping from them—but that's not a supportive habit.
The pleasure, the pain and the politics of a digital detox
Studying why and how people take digital-media breaks can reveal what individuals and societies value in unmediated spaces
The Rise of Mobile Gambling Is Leaving People Ruined and Unable to Quit
Financial catastrophe is now only a few clicks away, a problem that is showing quiet signs of becoming a crisis. "I can't just get rid of my phone," one problem gambler says.
Boring Phone: How to Stop Phone Addiction
I must admit, I’m quite addicted to my smartphone. My average daily screen time used to touch 9+ hours, which was not clearly healthy. This article is a follow-up to the one I published last year on…
The Real Cost of Phone Addiction
You use your phone too much. Here’s how to stop the cycle.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on phone addiction.
Everyone is on their phones. But is it really phone addiction we’re experiencing?
There is no standard diagnosis for ‘phone addiction’, and a debate rages about whether there should be. But will medicalizing a behavior help or harm those suffering from it?
«In its simplest form, addiction is the tipping point at which compulsion turns into dependency,»
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button
«whenever you feel like quitting – just do five more – five more minutes, five more exercises, five more pages – which will extend your focus»
Check your phone 86 times a day? Tech insiders say that’s by design
At his company's recent F8 conference in San Jose, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a message for developers: Keep building. On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take the stage at the search…
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