A small number of tech companies have amassed enormous power in our modern world. Do they wield that power responsibly, or do they abuse it to benefit themselves? I talked to Tristan Harris, “the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” to better understand what we can do about our social dilemma.
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11/30/21 • 21 min
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A Bit of Optimism - The Asymmetry of Power with Tristan Harris
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If you saw the documentary The Social Dilemma on Netflix, then you heard a lot from Tristan Harris. He used to work in big tech and now he's on a crusade to tell us all about the dangers of social media and what we can do to protect ourselves. This is a bit of optimism. Hey, Tristan, thanks for joining me. You've already had an incredibly intense year. Can we start with your experience with the California wildfires. Yeah. I had been based in San
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