The most valuable real estate in the world isn't in Manhattan or San Francisco. It's the space between your ears — and it's been quietly rezoned.

For six weeks I've been documenting how the attention economy actually works: the social media algorithm, the variable rewards, the dopamine detox your brain keeps losing. What I found is simpler and darker than any conspiracy, social media addiction is the product, not the side effect.

My series How Big Tech Manipulates Your Brain breaks down how algorithms work, why phone addiction feels impossible to break, and how digital dependency became the default state of the connected workforce.

If you've ever told yourself “just five more minutes” and looked up an hour later, you already know exactly what I'm talking about.

** The Algorithm Knows You Better Than You Do**