VentureBeat November 13, 2022
Jenny Wu, Understood.org

In today’s connected world, digital products have to entice, excite and entertain to keep our attention. There’s an app for everything: Ordering a ride-share, purchasing groceries and even for monitoring your home. We can’t deny that this technology inspires us to continue to innovate. It removes friction from our day-to-day lives and makes connecting more efficient and convenient. However, the dark side is that some of these apps are created to keep us addicted.

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a saturation of apps focused on wellness and mental health because there’s a need for the accessibility they bring. However, many of these tools are created with haste and without considering the potential consequences on users’ lives. The underlying...

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