How & Why

  🌶️ The Hidden Algorithm: How Social Media Is Quietly Rewiring Your Brain 🧠 Introduction: The Invisible Manipulator Every day, you wake up and reach for your phone. You open Instagram “just for a minute.” You check Twitter to “see what’s trending.” You scroll through YouTube because “the algorithm knows what I like.” But here’s the Teekhatiwari truth — you don’t control your feed. Your feed controls you. Social media isn’t built to connect people anymore; it’s built to control attention — your most expensive, non-renewable resource. And while you think you’re just scrolling, the platforms are rewiring your brain to behave exactly the way they want. ⚙️ The Science of Addiction (Made Simple) Let’s get real. Every swipe, every heart, every notification — it’s all mini dopamine hits . Your brain, being the lazy pleasure-seeking machine it is, quickly learns that: “Scroll = Reward.” And just like that, the loop begins. You’re no longer scrolling by choice. You’r...