Attention Literacy for the Conscious Life

Our
Analog
Society

You wouldn't let your child sit in a casino for seven hours a day.
But you might let them hold one.

The premise

We don't tell you what to do.
We give you what you need to actually choose.

Think of it like a health podcast, but for your attention. A good health show doesn't tell you to stop eating — it helps you understand what you're eating and why. We do the same for how you spend your time.

The question we keep asking

When did we stop asking
whether this was good for us?

Every generation has normalised something it later regretted. We think we're different. We're not. But we can be conscious — and that changes everything.

We've been here before.
We just didn't know it yet.

Every era has handed children something they didn't understand. Here's what ours looks like, next to what came before.

1800s

"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" — sold at pharmacies to calm crying children.

The active ingredient was morphine. It worked. Doctors recommended it. Everyone used it. Nobody asked questions.

Today

A screen handed to a crying child. Available everywhere. Recommended by exhausted parents.

It works too. Dopamine levels similar to nicotine. The equivalent of 14 cigarettes a day — and nobody's really asking questions yet.

Both generations thought they were doing the right thing. Normalcy is not the same as safety. The phone has existed for 18 years. Cocaine took 50.

1950s

Children who couldn't sit still in classrooms were called disruptive. Disciplined. Shamed.

We now know many had hunter brains — neurotypes evolved for tracking, scanning, reacting. Wrong environment, not wrong child.

Today

Those same hunter brains are now the most vulnerable to screens — and we give them the most powerful dopamine trigger ever built.

Then we wonder why they can't stop. Then we medicate them to sit still. The environment changed. We didn't.

A podcast about coming home to yourself

We are not in our natural habitat. We built tools faster than our brains could adapt — and now we're navigating a world designed by behavioural scientists, with zero information.

Our Analog Society is about attention literacy. Understanding what technology, social media, and screens are actually doing to your brain, your relationships, and your children. Not to make you quit. To make you conscious.

Because you can live in the digital world without being consumed by it. You just need to understand the machine first.

01
The Science
Research on attention, dopamine, and screen behaviour — translated into plain language.
02
Real People
How ordinary families and individuals are actually navigating this. Honest and specific.
03
The Tools
Practical approaches that work — which might be a phone-free dinner rule, or something else entirely. No prescription.
04
The Bigger Picture
Who profits from your attention, and how the system is designed. Understanding the machine.

What we'll cover

Twelve conversations that look honestly at what screens are doing — and what we can do instead.

Block 1 — The Science
01
The Dopamine Machine
What screens actually do to the brain — and why the pattern, not the dose, is the problem.
The Science
02
14 Cigarettes a Day
The Lucky Strike comparison — why nicotine is actually the right analogy, and cocaine is not.
The Science
03
The Anxious Generation
The data since 2007. What happened to teenagers in 2012 — and why girls were hit hardest.
The Science
Block 2 — The Brain & History
04
The Hunter Brain
ADHD, dopamine, and why some people are wired for the wild — not the classroom or the feed.
History
05
Cocaine in Your Coca-Cola
What history teaches us about normalising harm — and why we're probably on the 1890s of screens.
History
Block 3 — Everyday Life
06
Boredom is a Feature
What we lose when we're never bored — and why your brain needs emptiness to generate desire.
Everyday
07
It's Not About the Kids
Why parents can't say no to the screen — and how to find the energy to actually hold the line.
Everyday
08
When Partners Disagree
How to navigate screen rules as a couple — without it becoming a power struggle.
Everyday
09
Schools & Screens
Are we wiring children for failure? What the research says about attention, reading, and devices in classrooms.
Everyday
Block 4 & 5 — The Bigger Picture & Solutions
10
We Are Not in Our Habitat
The mismatched brain in a digital world — and what it means to come back to yourself.
Big Picture
11
Should Social Media Be Banned for Kids?
The policy debate — what Australia did, what the research says, and what individuals can actually do.
Big Picture
12
What Now?
Practical alternatives and how to build new routines — without feeling like you're fighting your own brain.
Solutions

Your hosts

Tone
Co-host & Co-founder

A mother navigating the same questions as every parent — with a deep curiosity about what technology is doing to our attention, our children, and our sense of being present.

&
Diana
Co-host & Co-founder

Driven by the belief that we can live consciously in a digital world — without opting out of it. Focused on giving people the information they need to actually choose.

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