Big Tech looted our attention. Getting it back means rethinking the world offline.
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Big Tech looted our attention. Getting it back means rethinking the world offline
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July 13, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)
Technology overload (sorbetto/Getty Images)
Big tech treats our attention like a resource to be mercilessly extracted. The fightback begins here
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