The Visible Hand

The Visible Hand I use behavioral psychology to help cause-based organizations solve wicked problems

09/30/2026

Fear sells ads. Anger sells scrolls. You’re the product either way.

09/30/2026

When’s the last time something you saw on your feed actually happened on your block?

09/30/2026

The world didn’t get more dangerous. The window you watch it through got more profitable.

09/30/2026

People who watched 6+ hours of Boston Marathon coverage were 9x more likely to show acute stress than people who were actually there. The replay did more damage than the blast.

09/30/2026

You’re not watching the news. You’re watching a machine engineered to keep you afraid, because fear sells the next ad.

09/30/2026
09/24/2026

Nobody decided to choose a scroll over a person. It just got quietly installed as a preference.

09/24/2026

Birth rates fell in the US, UK, Mexico, Senegal, and Iran, each a few years after smartphones arrived. Wealth, culture, and religion don’t explain that pattern.

09/24/2026

We didn’t lose our desire for each other. It got redirected to something that asks nothing of us.

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