{"id":150926,"date":"2026-02-25T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=150926"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:55:58","slug":"what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=150926","title":{"rendered":"What technology takes from us \u2013 and how to take it back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-14.54.32.png?resize=922%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-14.54.32.png?resize=922%2C468&amp;ssl=1 922w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-14.54.32.png?resize=768%2C390&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-14.54.32.png?resize=920%2C467&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2026-02-25-at-14.54.32.png?w=1210&amp;ssl=1 1210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jan\/29\/what-technology-takes-from-us-and-how-to-take-it-back\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>read it here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3544],"class_list":["post-150926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","tag-ai"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144215,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=144215","url_meta":{"origin":150926,"position":0},"title":"Flattening Communication: Are AI Tools Erasing the Human Touch?","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"12\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Picture this: a father, miles away from his daughter, sits down to write her an email. 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