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The Engagement & Attention Industry

How apps, games, and social networks use 'hooked' design to keep families glued — and what to do about it.

1 min read

A background on the design principles behind today’s most engaging apps — variable rewards, infinite scroll, streaks, notifications, frictionless action — and why understanding those principles is foundational to a technology-forward approach to family cyber self-defense.

You will leave with a working mental model of how the attention economy is engineered, and a set of practical decisions you can make for your own household tonight.