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Tristan Harris Explains Why The Tech Crisis Is Much Worse Than We Realize

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Tristan Harris, co-founder and president of the Center for Humane Technology and co-host of the "Your Undivided Attention" podcast, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the dangers of persuasive technology and why Silicon Valley needs to abandon attention-grabbing control methods for more ethical practices.

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0:00.0

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0:04.3

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0:08.7

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0:55.9

Yeah.

1:18.4

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Emily Gisinski,

1:22.4

culture editor here at the Federalist. As always, you can email the show at radio at the Federalist.com,

1:27.5

follow us on Twitter at FDRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

1:33.0

Today I'm joined by Tristan Harris. He's the co-founder and president of the Center for Humane

1:37.4

Technology, which is catalyzing a comprehensive shift toward humane technology that operates

1:42.4

for the common good. He's also the co-host of your undivided attention, which consistently ranks

1:47.5

among the top 10 technology podcasts on Apple podcasts and explores how social media's race for

1:53.6

attention is destabilizing society. In the vital insights, we need to envision solutions.

1:58.9

Tristan, you probably remember from the social dilemma, which we talked about here and we talk

2:03.0

about the Center for Humane Tech. I cited all the time here. So our listeners are certainly

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