CHAPTER SIX
Dr Williams argues against digital detoxes as an enduring solution:
Dr Williams argues for a deeper solution:
The magician James Brown explains a magic trick to me. We were speaking in London:
Tristan Harris explains magic. We spoke in San Francisco and via Zoom and phone. The quotes here are from a range of those conversations:
Mr Harris discovers studying at the Persuasive Technologies Lab at Stanford:
And more:
Mr Harris discusses his work at Google:
Mr Harris discovers being freaked out by a class at Stanford:
Mr Harris discusses how things look even worse from inside the tech industry:
Mr Harris discusses his time at Google:
Mr Harris talks about a frightening change he saw happen:
Mr Harris talks about Instagram:
Mr Harris talks about the importance of how we design technology:
Aza Raskin discusses the role of technology. We were talking on the phone:
Aza Raskin explains infinite scroll:
Mr Raskin discusses further:
Mr Raskin explains the problem:
Mr Raskin explains his deepest concern:
He explains further:
He discusses how the logic seems to take over everything in Silicon Valley:
He explains the incentives driving Silicon Valley:
He gives a powerful metaphor for what has happened:
He explains how many people have been disturbed by these changes:
He explains the irony of mindfulness workshops at Facebook and Google:
Dr Williams explains a key moment at a tech conference: