“I have resolved very firmly not to read any news at all for a while.”
Starke wrote more than 30 books and about 100 articles in 20 years. Then his output fell off a cliff around 2020. Smartphone users unlock their phones 80 to 100 times a day. The fix was no news, 15 minutes of email and Instagram, and a dead iPhone after 8 PM. The apps are built to steal your attention, and the only defense is to stop opening them.