THE ALGORITHM BETWEEN US: You And I Are Not Seeing The Same Internet
Your feed is not the internet. Adam Fox investigates personalised algorithms, filter bubbles and what happens when two people increasingly encounter different versions of the same world.
YOUR PHONE IS PERSONAL. ITS SPEAKER ISN’T.
Why do people play videos aloud in public? The psychology of loudcasting, collapsing social awareness and the hidden cost of pocket entertainment.
THE MENU YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE
We still choose what to click, but algorithms increasingly choose the menu. What does personalised content mean for attention, curiosity and human agency?
Why Is It So Hard to Stop Doing Something You No Longer Want to Do?
Why are habits hard to break when we no longer want them? Identity, routine, relief and social pressure can keep behaviour in place long after desire fades.
The Things I Thought Stress Was Doing
For years, Adam Fox blamed a high-pressure job for his poor sleep, anxiety, weight gain and increasingly difficult decision-making. Work was genuinely damaging, but the alcohol he used to unwind was q
Alcohol Isn’t the Habit. It’s the Job It Does.
Alcohol can provide confidence, belonging, relief, reward, ritual or escape. Understanding a drinking habit therefore requires more than counting units. It requires asking what role the drink performs