For students under 18

Have a normal childhood: make friends, learn, play, get away with stuff, etc. If you have a smartphone today, you are a subject in a social science experiment that just sort of…happened. New Athens is an Opt Out button for you and your family—a return to real life. And, together as a city, New Athens is a shield against a digital world that is fundamentally not real, not compatible with mental health, and a barrier to your natural interest in growing up. We invite you to join us.

Have a normal childhood: make friends, learn, play, get away with stuff, etc.

If you have a phone, you are in a social science experiment that does not share your interests. New Athens is an Opt Out button—a return to real life—and a shield against a digital world is fundamentally not real and not compatible with a full life.

New Athens is a gift from your parents’ generation. This is our effort to correct course from decades of failure to stop a handful of industries that went off the rails and now prey on all of our worst instincts, but especially yours.

Don’t make the same mistake we did

We let our largest industries go off the rails, especially tech. We failed to stop it. New Athens is our attempt to correct course. It’s a city for you.

also, get your parents to move here

CTAs

Complete survey re: your preferences for use of tech

Sign letter of support

Share your parents’ contact info and we’ll send them info