1st December 2025
#488: The Invisible Thing That’s Wearing You Out: Anjan Katta

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Summary

In this episode Mark sits down with Anjan Katta, the creator of the Daylight Computer, for a conversation that will completely shift how you see your relationship with technology. Together they unpack the hidden ways screens hijack your biology, through flicker rates, blue light, dopamine loops, and the silent extraction of your attention—and why most people don’t realize they’re being physiologically and psychologically overwhelmed until they hit burnout. Anjan shares the wild six-year journey of reinventing screen technology to honor the human nervous system, and Mark explores why reclaiming your attention has become a modern spiritual rebellion. This episode is a wake-up call about the cost of “processed light,” the rise of the analog revolution, and how healthier tech design could return sovereignty, presence, and actual choice back to our lives.


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00:00 – Why Screens Are Breaking Us

02:15 – Processed Light Explained

05:42 – The Hidden Damage of Blue Light

08:30 – How Screens Hijack Your Nervous System

12:10 – The Dopamine Loop You Can’t See

15:55 – The Birth of the Daylight Computer

19:40 – Why Tech Isn’t Designed for Humans

23:18 – The Analog Revolution Begins

27:04 – Reclaiming Your Attention

30:50 – A Screen That Doesn’t Hurt You

34:22 – Designing Technology for Biology

38:11 – The Future of Healthy Computing


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