we didn't build nomp in a vacuum. these are some of the people whose work has shaped how we think about phones, attention, behaviour change and what it means to live well in a digital world. we recommend all of them.

• Jonathan Haidt - social psychologist and author of The Anxious Generation. one of the most important voices on the impact of smartphones on mental health and society.

• Tristan Harris - former Google design ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. the person who first brought the conversation about persuasive technology into the mainstream.

• Cal Newport - author of Digital Minimalism and Deep Work. makes the case for intentionality over passive consumption in a way that is practical and grounded.

• Jean Twenge - psychologist and author of iGen. her generational research into the effects of smartphones on young people is some of the most cited in the field.

• Anna Lembke - psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation. brings the neuroscience of reward and compulsion into everyday language without being alarmist.