Eric Athas

I’m writing a book! The book will investigate our relationship with newness, how to push back against powerful forces working against us, and how to reshape our relationship with the new and novel to save our time, money, and attention. From Hachette Go.

5. Make the technology work for you. One thing experts agreed on: To forge a healthy relationship with technology, you need to be in control of it and not the other way around. Think about your gadgets as tools that you decide how to use.

4. Don’t rely on your willpower alone to keep your screen time down, said James A. Roberts, of @Baylor. Instead, tweak your surroundings. "Anything you can do to create an environment that makes it as easy as possible to distance yourself from the phone will be helpful."

Like so many others, I try my best to manage the time I spend on my devices. But it's hard to do when life and work are intertwined with tech. I wrote about how to have a healthier relationship with your phone, with some great tips from experts. THREAD. nytimes.com/2024/03/21/wel…

My screen time dropped 18 percent while writing this article nytimes.com/2024/03/21/wel…

More than 20 percent of the newsroom. Just devastating. latimes.com/entertainment-…

I switched on this feature and can confirm that it has added joy to my day nytimes.com/wirecutter/blo…

We published 52 Places to Go in 2023 today. Here's a thread of the locales that made this year’s list, for your scrolling enjoyment. (If you're at work, maybe keep another tab open in case your boss walks by.) nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Scoop from @BenMullin + @grynbaum: NYT's Rebecca Blumenstein taking over as president of editorial at NBC News nytimes.com/2023/01/11/bus…

Tracy Bennett, the first editor for the widely popular online game Wordle, opens up about the lasting passion players have for the game and how far out she picks the daily words.

Most creative trick or treating house goes to this lady who clipped a bunch of candy to a ghost and hung it out her window #Halloween2022

Hit the subway trifecta this morning: train traffic, signal problems and a sick passenger

“No parking” sign in Brooklyn

This keeps showing up in my feed and every time I re-watch the entire thing.

@kwameopam What a beautiful baby! Congrats, Kwame!!!

My dog is definitively anti-me returning to the office

I wrote about how using tests during the hiring process can be good fortune.com/2022/07/15/how…