Joy, it seems, is everywhere these days. It is used to sell boxes at Ikea. It is included in ads for drinks at McDonald’s and as a prescriptive for female hygiene. There are T-shirts that tout joy as “an
“Connectivity Creates Costs: How Smartphones Hinder Well-Being“ by C. Nathan DeWall and “Repeating Is Believing: Understanding the Repetition-Induced Truth Effect“ by Cindi May and Michael Scullin.
Frequent phone use can be detrimental to our productivity and even our mental health.