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19: Design Ethics and the Race to the Bottom of the Brain Stem
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19: Design Ethics and the Race to the Bottom of the Brain Stem

This week's special guest is Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist at Google and the founder of the Time Well Spent movement. We talk about ethics in design, and how even our best intentions in serving users can often make use of manipulative patterns.

Presentable · Jeff Veen

March 1, 201745m 13s

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Show Notes

This week's special guest is Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist at Google and the founder of the Time Well Spent movement. We talk about ethics in design, and how even our best intentions in serving users can often make use of manipulative patterns.

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Guest Starring:

Tristan Harris

Links and Show Notes:

Tristan Harris | Ethics for Designers
Time Well Spent
The Atlantic: Addicted to Your iPhone? You’re Not Alone
Start - A Conference for Entrepreneurs
TechCrunch: Google Buys Contextual Rich News Browsing Startup Apture
BJ Fogg's Website
Stanford University's Persuasive Tech Lab
Wikipedia: Ombudsman
The Public Editor - The New York Times
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products: Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover