Tension: The pressure to maintain constant positivity online creates an exhausting performance that distances us from ...

Tension: We scroll through endless social feeds believing we’re staying connected, yet feel increasingly isolated and ...

Tension: We’re automating our digital presence while craving genuine human connection more desperately than ever. Noise: The ...

Tension: We measure our digital consumption obsessively while ignoring what those numbers reveal about our hunger for ...

Tension: We’ve outsourced validation to algorithms that measure engagement, not emotional connection or genuine impact. Noise ...

Tension: Remote work promised efficiency but created invisible demands that drain us without clear language to describe ...

Tension: We cultivate online identities with the strategic precision of brand managers while our offline selves remain ...

Tension: We’re witnessing a generation reject the very aesthetic perfection that previous generations worked desperately to ...

Tension: We crave connection and information, yet the platforms designed to deliver both leave us feeling depleted ...

Tension: Companies claim to want authentic culture while simultaneously deploying technology that makes authentic ...

Writing from California, Wesley Mercer sits at the intersection of behavioural psychology and data-driven marketing. He holds an MBA (Marketing & Analytics) from UC Berkeley Haas and a graduate ...

After three decades teaching English and working as a school guidance counsellor, Bernadette Donovan now channels classroom wisdom into essays on purposeful ageing and lifelong learning. She holds an ...