Doomscrolling in the Age of Abundance: How to Break Your Addiction to Negative News

A clear-eyed guide to resisting doomscrolling, disrupting the toxicity of the modern media environment, and staying informed without losing hope.

We live in an age of abundance: more information to access, more things to own, more examples of human progress than ever before. And yet, for many of us, the world feels worse than ever.

That disconnect is not an accident. Our brains are wired to notice danger, and for the first time in history, an entire infrastructure has been built around us t...