How a Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day

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Tristan Harris. "How a Handful of Tech Companies Control Billions of Minds Every Day." At TED2017, April 2017. Archived at archive.org

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Tristan Harris: How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day | TED Talk

A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they're all competing for one thing: your attention. Harris shares how these companies prey on our psychology for their own profit and calls for a design renaissance in which our tech inst…

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