Doomscrolling in the Age of Abundance

Name: Doomscrolling in the Age of Abundance
Brand: BenBella Books
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How to Break Your Addiction to Negative News

By: Emma Varvaloucas

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Hardcover | 16 March 2027

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A clear-eyed guide to resisting doomscrolling, disrupting the toxicity of the modern media environment, and staying informed without losing hope.

We live in an age of abundance: more information to access, more things to own, more examples of human progress than ever before. And yet, for many of us, the world feels worse than ever.

That disconnect is not an accident. Our brains are wired to notice danger, and for the first time in history, an entire infrastructure has been built around us to keep that instinct activated. Fear, outrage, crisis, and catastrophe command attention, shape our perception of reality, and keep us scrolling long after we hit information overload. The result is a distorted sense of the world—one that can leave us anxious, numb, and convinced that decline is inevitable.

In Doomscrolling in the Age of Abundance, Emma Varvaloucas, journalist and director of The Progress Network, offers a practical guide to understanding just how much the ways we get and receive information have shifted profoundly toward the negative since the arrival of smartphones and social media—and how to resist their pull. Drawing on overlooked stories of progress, rigorous analysis, and constructive voices from across journalism, politics, business, technology, and beyond, Varvaloucas breaks down how to stay engaged without surrendering to despair.

Readers will learn to:

Understand how negativity bias and the modern media environment distort reality
Recognize the difference between staying informed and staying activated
Build healthier boundaries around our devices, social media, and the news generally
Find credible, constructive voices and underreported stories of progress
Combat helplessness with clearer thinking, grounded hope, and meaningful action

At a time when pessimism often masquerades as realism, Doomscrolling in the Age of Abundance offers a smarter way to understand the world—and remember that the future remains unwritten.

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