technology addiction.

The TikTok algorithm: Addiction and confirmation bias

The algorithm produces what is essentially an echo chamber, repeating its users’ beliefs and opinions over and over again, solidifying their preexisting ideas and exemplifying confirmation bias.

| Contributing Writer

Our societally accepted addiction: technology, social media and the need to break away

Why I terminated my social media accounts and how it has helped me focus and enjoy the world more.

| Senior Editor

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