This month’s Frame: Using Bernard Stiegler’s pharmacological approach to heal from digital fatigue

These experiences tap into what Stiegler calls our "pre-individual” drives—our basic impulses and reactive desires that don’t require reflection or effort. The more we engage with short circuits, the less space there is for longer-term, meaningful engagement.

Unlike long circuits, which take time and are unpredictable, short circuits are much simpler, less idiosyncratic and easier to gratify at scale.