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Professor Kostadin Kushlev Featured in NBC and The Washington Post

Several new bars and establishments have opened up through DC that limit or ban the use of phones inside. As an expert on the topic, Professor Kostadin Kushlev, whose Happy Tech Lab has shown that putting away your smartphone leads to richer social interaction, was recently featured in national coverage (on NBC and The Washington Post). His experiments — in which friends enjoyed each other more when their phones were locked away — help explain why spaces like Hush Harbor are thriving.