Tech 4 Grown-Ups

If you have ever been scammed, or someone you love has, the money was not the worst part. The shame was. And that is exactly what nobody is talking about. Until now. In this episode of The Mind & The Machine, we go into the psychology of fraud, the mental health aftermath that victims carry alone, and why your silence is being used as a weapon, not just against you, but against everyone who co...

Think about the last time you read the news on your phone. Did you feel informed afterward, or anxious, unsettled, like the world was falling apart and there was nothing you could do? That feeling has a name. It is called doomscrolling. And in this episode of The Mind & The Machine, we break down exactly what it is, why your brain physically cannot stop doing it, and what the research says act...

Have you ever picked up your phone to check something quickly and looked up to find an hour had passed? You were not weak. You were not careless. You were targeted. In this episode of The Mind & The Machine, we break down exactly how social media algorithms are engineered to exploit loneliness — and why older adults are disproportionately affected. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is publis...