Psychology Today | 10.06.2026 00:35
By the time I sat down at my desk this morning, I had already relied on more machines than I can list cleanly. My phone had pushed me through three apps before I was upright. My watch said I slept well. The ring on my finger disagreed. A scheduling system had reorganized my morning around a conflict I had not yet seen. A drafting tool flagged two of last night's paragraphs as flat. Several language models were holding context I could no longer hold unaided: academic work, corporate writing, household logistics, wellness, and recovery. There is even a separate one for woodworking, because the vocabulary does not transfer. The night before, a streaming system chose the next episode, and I went to sleep later than I meant to.
