[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":196},["ShallowReactive",2],{"home-latest-posts":3},[4,113],{"id":5,"title":6,"author":7,"body":8,"date":94,"description":95,"draft":96,"extension":97,"image":98,"keywords":99,"meta":103,"navigation":104,"path":105,"related":106,"seo":108,"slug":109,"stem":110,"updated":111,"__hash__":112},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fless-brainrot-more-curiosity.md","Microlearning vs doomscrolling: less brainrot, more curiosity","Microloop",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":85},"minimark",[11,16,25,29,35,43,47,50,63,71,75],[12,13,15],"h2",{"id":14},"why-doomscrolling-feels-automatic","Why doomscrolling feels automatic",[17,18,19,20,24],"p",{},"Short feeds are engineered for variable rewards: something new every swipe, no clear stopping point. Your brain gets motion without closure. 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