Reflections & stories
Ideas, experiences and learnings about education, technology and coexistence.
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The responsibility that no one can delegate: Screens and attention
Designing attention implies assuming consequences. The company controlled the incentives but presented their effects as individual choices.
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The future does not arrive the same for everyone: Screens and attention
Digital well-being requires resources, not just will. Removing the device without offering privacy, activity, or companionship can eliminate a solution before the problem.
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The inequality that travels within the system: Screens and attention
Not all people can disconnect in the same way. Universal advice on disconnection ignores unequal responsibilities, accessibility, and support networks.
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What we lose when everything is automated: Screens and attention
Autoplay also automates decisions. The system transformed the absence of a refusal into permission to continue spending time and directing content.
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The human part that remains unresolved: Screens and attention
Guilt is not a self-care interface. The tool measured minutes but did not distinguish study, social support, rest or compulsive consumption.
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The error of confusing speed with progress: Screens and attention
Responding faster can impoverish a conversation. Speed became an indicator of engagement even though many tasks required reading, thinking and asking questions.
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A technology that also speaks of power: Screens and attention
Whoever decides the interruption exercises power over other people's time. The ability to go through a pause should belong to the person, not the commercial interest of the issuer.
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The border that has become blurred: Screens and attention
Work, rest and leisure now share the same screen. Changing applications is not enough when accounts, notices and expectations cross all contexts.
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The detail that alters the entire discussion: Screens and attention
Vibration is a design decision, not a detail. The physical sign creates urgency before we can assess the importance of the message.
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Why it matters more now than a year ago: Screens and attention
Attention matters more because it is now contested across devices. The problem no longer lies in an isolated screen, but in a coordinated environment to remain available.
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The decision that has already been made for us: Screens and attention
Default settings govern some of our attention. The initial configuration is not neutral when it maximizes interruptions to benefit the application.
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The debate that does not fit in a headline: Screens and attention
The school debate is not resolved with a yes or no motive. The visible object concentrated the discussion and left incoherent methodology, warnings and rules intact.
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