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That's Shopify.combeek slash special offer. Hello and welcome to speaking of psychology, a podcast produced by the American Psychological Association.

I'm your host, Kim Mills, and I'm speaking to you from APA's Technology,

Mind, and Society Conference in Washington. This is an interdisciplinary meeting aimed at assessing

current efforts to understand and shape the interactions of human beings and technology

for identifying priorities for future work and for promoting exchange of ideas and collaboration among participants.

David Friedman is the Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union,

the policy arm of Consumer Reports that focuses on product testing and consumer safety.

Mr. Friedman serves as a thought leader

across consumer reports and leads consumers' unions' public policy and analytical efforts

to ensure automobiles and other products are safe for consumers, to improve consumer options

for energy efficiency and cleaner energy, and to guide other important initiatives.

An engineer, he previously served as both deputy and acting administrator of the National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office

of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Mr. Friedman also worked for 12 years at the Union of Concerned Scientists as senior engineer,

research director, and deputy director of their Clean Vehicles Program.

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