Why New Technology Always Seems Scary

Build For Tomorrow

Jason Feifer

Business, History, Technology, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 573 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

People said radio was too addictive... then TV was too addictive... and now smartphones are too addictive! Why does every generation say the same things about its new technology (and why do our fears rarely come true?) In this episode, we dive into the fascinating research that explains our cycles of panic — and explain how to finally end it. Get in touch! Web: jasonfeifer.com Email. jasonfeifer@gmail.com Twitter / Instagram: @heyfeifer Newsletter: https://jasonfeifer.bulletin.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.1	This is Build For Tomorrow, a podcast about the things from history that shaped us and how
0:35.2	we can shape the future. I'm Jason Pfeiffer.
0:38.1	Like many people in the past few years,
0:40.6	Justin E.H. Smith was getting concerned about social media.
0:44.4	He deleted his Facebook account,
0:46.2	and although he did keep Twitter,
0:47.9	he used it with deep reservation.
0:50.1	He felt like something was just wrong
0:52.0	about the way these platforms were being used,
0:54.5	or better yet, how the platforms were using us.
0:58.6	Rather than being a place of free-flowing expression,
1:01.5	he saw them as a place stuffed full of addictive triggers and manipulations,
1:05.5	which corrupted the very way we communicate with each other.
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