Your Kid's Screen Was Built Like a Slot Machine with Anjan Katta, Founder of Daylight Computer | OpenEd

Your kid isn't "addicted" to screens by accident. Their devices were engineered using the same psychological tricks as Vegas slot machines—and it's doing real damage to their nervous system.

Anjan Katta then spent 6 years solving what experts said was impossible: making a device—the Daylight Computer—that doesn't destroy your health.

In this conversation, we break down exactly how modern screens dysregulate kids (hint: it's not just "blue light"), why the education technology we're giving our children might be making them worse at learning, and what the alternative actually looks like.

Key Insights:

• The 5 mechanisms screens use to hijack your nervous system (the Vegas casino effect)
• Why "screen apnea" is making your kid anxious (and you probably have it too)
• How reading more on screens can actually mean learning less
• The "least computer possible" philosophy for families
• Why naive outsiders solve impossible problems (and what that means for parents redesigning education)

About Anjan Katta:Founder of Daylight Computer, creator of the first fast E-Ink screen that can replace traditional laptops and tablets.

Resources:

• Daylight Computer: https://daylightcomputer.com
• Daylight Kids: https://kids.daylightcomputer.com/

(00:35) - Why Anjan Got Into Education: The ADHD Medication Story

(04:49) - The Fraud of Digital Learning: Reading More, Remembering Nothing

(06:33) - Five Ways Screens Dysregulate Your Nervous System

(09:42) - Screen Apnea: How Computers Literally Steal Your Breath

(12:25) - The Six-Year Journey to Crack the "Impossible" Problem

(16:24) - Why Being an Outsider Was Anjan's Superpower

(20:32) - The Hero's Journey of Innovation: Faith Before Evidence

(24:56) - Daylight Kids: The "Least Computer Possible" Philosophy

(28:00) - The Future of Computing: Magical Surfaces That Disappear

(30:15) - The Walkie-Talkie Button: Voice-Driven Lean-Back Computing

(32:40) - The Guilt-Free iPad: Unlimited Screen Time That's Healthy