Hooked By Design: Rewilding Your Brain In The Age Of Technology by Ramya Ranganathan [Hardcover]

In Hooked by Design, Ramya Ranganathan explores how modern hyper-stimulating environments exploit ancient brain systems associated with threat, reward, belonging, and pursuit, contributing to distraction, anxiety, compulsive comparison, overwork, and constant wanting. Blending neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, coaching insights, and personal experience, she introduces memorable inner characters to explain these behavioural patterns. The book offers a compassionate framework for understanding these habits and developing greater emotional balance, self-awareness, and a healthier relationship with technology and modern life.