Use Your Brain: Think Deeper in a World on Autopilot

When was the last time you thought something through by yourself, without a screen?

There is a version of you that has stopped thinking; you just haven’t noticed yet. It happens quietly. You stop drafting emails and start approving them. You cannot answer a question without checking your phone. You stop wrestling with the idea and start accepting the summary. Every shortcut feels like a win until you’ve outsourced your mind to machines that don’t doubt, don’t feel, and don’t care.

The atrophy...