Your Brain on Algorithms: The Science of Escaping the Feed and Reclaiming Your Mind

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Your Brain on Algorithms: The Science of Escaping the Feed and Reclaiming Your Mind

Written by: Sullivan J. Ryan Ph.D.

Narrated by: Chuck Galco

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You picked up the phone to check one thing. You looked up and an hour was gone.You've blamed yourself for that hour. You lack discipline. You're weak. You should just use more willpower.Every one of those explanations is wrong — and each one is useful to someone else. As long as you blame your character, you'll never study your opponent.So let's study your opponent.On the other side of your screen is a prediction machine with one goal: your continued attention. It runs experiments on hundreds of millions of people at once. It improves every night. And it wins by exploiting a handful of ancient, unpatchable features of your own biology — the same instincts that once kept your ancestors alive.Drawing on decades of replicated research in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and behavioral psychology, Your Brain on Algorithms takes the machine apart mechanism by mechanism — then hands you the defense.You'll discover why unpredictable rewards hook harder than reliable ones, the same schedule that runs slot machines. Why "wanting" and "liking" are different brain systems — and why coming back proves nothing about whether you enjoy it. Why bad news holds you longer than good, and how your alarm system gets farmed. Why outrage is a distribution strategy, not an accident. How the feed rigged the very scale you use to measure your own life. And why you don't have a willpower problem at all.Then comes the cure. Not moral panic. Not deleting everything. Not digital monasticism. A complete environmental defense you can install in a single afternoon — the Force Quit Protocol — built on one principle: your attention is your property, and it's time to repossess it.No platform names. No fear-mongering. No pretending you'll throw your phone in a lake. Just the exploits, the evidence, and the tools.You don't need more willpower. You need a hardened perimeter. This audiobook shows you how to build one.©2026 Joyful Science Press LLC (P)2026 Joyful Science Press LLC

Sullivan J. Ryan Ph.D.Chuck GalcoJoyful Science Press LLC

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