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Tech Companies Called to Account

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 6 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

We have been all the way through. Tech companies’ design . Sleep . Politics . The brain’s basic needs . Learning .

Now in the finale, I look outward. Because something is actually happening. And it is moving faster than you might think.

The verdicts that are changing the game

In March 2026, something historic happened. A jury in Los Angeles found Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately designing addictive features that had harmed young users. The plaintiff, known by the initials KGM, was awarded approximately six million dollars in damages.

Learning Requires Effort

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 5 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

We have been all the way around. How tech companies design their products , sleep , digitalisation policy , the brain’s basic needs .

Now we come to the core of it. How does the brain actually learn? And what does that mean for how we use screens in school?

The house with the shelves

Sissela Nutley uses an image that sticks: learning is like a house.

The Brain's Plate

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 4 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

In the earlier parts I have written about the tech companies’ design, sleep, and Sweden’s digitalisation strategy.

Now I am turning the question around.

What does the brain need to thrive?

Sissela Nutley uses an image most people recognise: the plate model. Not the one with proteins, carbohydrates and vegetables, but a mental version. Seven segments that together make up the brain’s basic needs.

Sweden Digitalised Without Asking the Brain

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 3 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

Mats-Olof Liljegren on a school visit. An example of computers being used well in the classroom.

In the two previous parts — 1 and 2 — I wrote about how tech companies design for the oldest parts of the brain, and how phones in bed sabotage sleep.

But there is a story that needs to be told about how Sweden, with the very best of intentions, digitalised its schools without asking how the brain actually learns.

The Sleep We Stole from Our Children

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 2 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

In the previous part I wrote about how tech companies design their products to trigger the oldest structures of the brain, and why the mobile phone ban in schools is right. But there is an arena where the battle for children’s brains takes place every single night — and where we adults often do not even know we have already lost.

Your Brain Can't Keep Up!

Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Part 1 in the series The Brain, the Screen and the School

I recently listened to neuroscientist Sissela Nutley give a lecture. Nutley holds a PhD in cognitive neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet , serves as scientific lead for the school programme Det Syns Inte and is the author of Distraherad (Natur & Kultur, 2019/2022). She is one of the Swedish researchers who most clearly connects neuroscience with what is happening in our classrooms and our children’s bedrooms.