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This animation shows what doom-scrolling does to your brain

Popkin
Feb 06, 2026
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Kids on their smartphones

This lovely animation comments on the idea that our screens are consuming us. Although it takes a screen to watch this animation, it’s a good reminder that too much screen time can mess with us. There are three slides in this series, and in each one, a being becomes more and more morphed into a chaos-filled screen (until he is t…

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