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How About a Little Less Screen Time for the Grown-Ups

December 26, 2025

Side-by-side black-and-white cut-out images of Charlie Warzel and Ipsit Vahia.

The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here

December 23, 2025

Illustration of an older woman holding a smartphone close to her face; the phone screen shows a black-and-white hypnotic spiral, suggesting manipulation or addictive pull, against a bright green background.

The Roomba Was a Disappointment

December 17, 2025

A photo of a cat watching a Roomba on a carpet

Get Your Kid a Watch

November 28, 2025

Animation of a father and daughter looking at a watch.

You’re Getting ‘Screen Time’ Wrong

October 23, 2025

Old black-and-white photograph of four kids lying on a carpet, watching four small televisions

Inside the USAID Fire Sale

August 26, 2025

Illustration of a pile of green boxes and blue sacks labeled "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" against a red, orange, and purple background with helicopters and clouds of smoke

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Worst Kind of Writing About Young Adulthood

July 3, 2025

An older woman wearing glasses wags her finger

Americans With Dementia Are Grieving Social Media

Talia Barrington

January 7, 2025

An elderly man sits in a chair, holding a cane and a smartphone. The screen of the smartphone is a swirling vortex.

Watch Apple Trash-Compact Human Culture

Damon Beres and Charlie Warzel

May 8, 2024

A large hydraulic press in a warehouse is poised above an assortment of cultural items, including a guitar and a piano.

Touch Screens Are Ruining Cars

Thomas Chatterton Williams

April 29, 2024

The author in the backseat of his father’s car

Homeroom: You Can Set Screen-Time Rules That Don’t Ruin Your Kids’ Lives

Brian Platzer and Abby Freireich

February 2, 2021

An illustration of a child banging their head against a laptop, leaning on a table with a toy car and a crayon