When Status Anxiety is No Longer Just in Your Head: a review of Black Mirror’s Nosedive

We would like to believe, just like all those flowered memes flying across Twitter and Instagram, that it doesn’t matter what...

Leaning Out: How the “Will to Share” is Changing Us

We all know that social media has a pull on the ego, but how does this pull actually work and what...

Psychotherapy Online: The Not So Final Analysis

Technology enables us to communicate with each other; it underlies this very blog allowing me to share with you the conclusions...

Are You in Control of Your Tech, or is Your Tech in Control of You?

Last Monday morning I made a small change on my iPhone that has had a rather massive impact. I disabled my...

Checking your smartphone again? It’s an object of emotional supply

There it is, in your pocket itching away. Did you feel it buzz? Did you check it anyway, even if you...

Has AirBnB Lost its soul? The breaking dream of the sharing economy

The Internet was supposed to be the great disruptor. It was going to unleash a “sharing economy” that would enable people to...