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Singapore Is Paying People to Put Down Their Phones and Read Books

Singapore's ReadSG program pays citizens virtual coins for logging daily reading time, aiming to curb phone use through small financial nudges.

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Published4 h ago (Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:18:05 GMT)
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