Technology

Stories on the intersection of mental health and technology.

Tanmoy Goswami
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When 'she' fumbles

Notes on 'feminine' virtual assistants and domestic-help devices.

Tanmoy Goswami
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A campaign is asking tech companies to stop treating people's names as typos

That squiggly red line under your name can harm your mental health. A group of volunteers in the UK is fighting back.

Tanmoy Goswami
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📜 Sanity Classics: Why Freud is therapy's 'main course'

AI v Freud.

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Why you (must not) make predictions about the world

Prepare, don't predict.

Tanmoy Goswami
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BIG READ: Predicting 2024's mental health megatrends

AI, wars, youth mental health, peer support, climate change, and other crucial themes.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Why 'digital parenting' scares me shitless

I feel utterly inept at this job.

Tanmoy Goswami
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Justice and hope bloom in the wild world of online mental health

Regulatory action and public pressure could be s-l-o-w-l-y pushing the industry towards sanity.

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🗝️ Sanity classics: How touch shaped the world

A fascinating cultural history of our biggest sense organ.

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Three mental health megatrends to watch in 2023

The science of psychedelics turns a corner. The app bubble grows bigger. Wellness washing begins to die.

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App-ocalypse

Beware of the reckless boom in mental health apps.

Tanmoy Goswami
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🗝️ Sanity classics: Why we mourn Twitter

The story of how this hellsite became the unlikely online headquarters of the mental health movement.

Rishad Patel
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Your loud is becoming my loud. And I didn't opt in.

Passive audio is the new passive smoking.