Reclaiming Agency in Digital Environments: A Framework for Healthy Technology Relationships

Reclaiming Agency in Digital Environments is a prevention-first framework grounded in the Unified Latent Intelligence Philosophy and Nalam’s Structure-Constraint Principle. It reframes problematic technology use not as personal failure but as predictable behavior emerging from environments engineered to capture attention. By treating human agency as an invariant design constraint, the framework emphasizes environmental architecture, distributed accountability, and structural alternatives that make intentional technology use the default. Designed for individuals, families, institutions, and platform developers, it offers a practical, evidence-informed approach to restoring agency while preserving technology’s genuine benefits.