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The definition

*Doom scrolling like a zombie:* The oddly hypnotic ritual of endlessly swiping through bad news, clickbait, or social media feeds long past the point of being informed. It's when your thumb keeps moving, your brain keeps absorbing gloom, and your sense of time quietly slips out the back door. Like eating chips straight from the bag, but instead of salt and grease, you get anxiety and existential dread.

Why this site exists?

Endless scrolling is not entertainment; it's rot. I know because I've done it, hours gone in a blur of headlines I'll never remember, faces I'll never meet, and tragedies I can't fix. You feel it in your chest—the hollowness afterward, like you've bled out some essential part of yourself while a machine whispered, more, more, more. It does't just steal time; it siphons off vitality, the capacity to sit with a thought long enough for it to matter. The whole planet is hooked, twitching for the next scroll, fracturing our collective attention until society itself feels incapable of actions. We've become a species allergic to focus, too distracted to hold onto truth long enough to do anything about it. That, I fear, is the real extinction event—death by a thousand dopamine hits. This site exists to raise awareness about this behavior and its effects on mental health. It's a joke, but it's also a wake-up call.

Learn more

For serious research and solutions about technology's impact on society, here is a list of resources (email me if you have others to add):

• Center for Humane Technology