Tristan Harris

Episode overview

Tristan Harris is a computer scientist, the co-founder & president of the Center for Humane Technology, and co-host of the Your Undivided Attention podcast. Tristan Harris joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the role technology is playing in our lives, how algorithms determine the things we like, and how technology companies need to take on more responsibility. Tristan explains our inability to have trust in a shared information environment, how humans are becoming more unable to choose their own thoughts, and how technology enables us to run away from ourselves. Dax & Tristan discuss how users are more profitable when they're addicted, anxious, and misinformed and Tristan breaks down the deep dilemma of living in these digital habitats.

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1. 0:01welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on Expert I'm dick rather
2. 1:00:32stuff down yeah and that's the problem is that Facebook is this kind of Frankenstein where it is creating again
3. 2:02:56today Queen's Gambit oh my gosh sing name I love you okay bye"