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2,110,874 views | Tristan Harris • TEDxBrusselsLikeShareAddHow often does technology interrupt us from what we really mean to be doing? At work and at play, we spend a startling amount of time distracted by pings and pop-ups -- instead of helping us spend our time well, it often feels like our tech is stealing it away from us. Design thinker Tristan Harris offers thoughtful new ideas for technology that creates more meaningful interaction. He asks: "What does the future of technology look like when you're designing for the deepest human values?"Read transcriptLikeShareAddBecome a TED MemberWant to hear more great ideas like this one? Sign up for TEDMembership to get exclusive access to captivating conversations,engaging events, and more!Read transcriptThis talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBrussels, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.Join the movement to design for time well spent. Stay up to date and explore resources for parents, users, designers and company leaders at TIMEWELLSPENT.io.How often does technology interrupt us from what we really mean to be doing? At work and at play, we spend a startling amount of time distracted by pings and pop-ups -- instead of helping us spend our time well, it often feels like our tech is stealing it away from us. Design thinker Tristan Harris offers thoughtful new ideas for technology that creates more meaningful interaction. He asks: "What does the future of technology look like when you're designing for the deepest human values?"This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxBrussels, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.Join the movement to design for time well spent. Stay up to date and explore resources for parents, users, designers and company leaders at TIMEWELLSPENT.io.Tristan Harris helps the technology industry more consciously and ethically shape the human spirit and human potential.Tristan Harris | Medium, May 2016 | ArticleI wrote this piece to explain to the public how technology manipulates their minds, both intentionally and unintentionally. It’s comprehensive and meant for a broad audience – including parents, teachers and teenagers.Joe Edelman | ArticleJoe Edelman, the ex-CTO of CouchSurfing in my TED talk and my collaborator on Time Well Spent. In this talk, he explains why we need to evolve companies ways of measuring success from simple maximizers (that maximize transactions) to reasons-based maximizers (which maximize the alignment between the deep human reasons people use services with businesses’ reasons.)Damon Horowitz: | TEDxSilicon Valley, 2011 | WatchDamon’s TED talk is an important call to Silicon Valley to deepen its moral compass. As another former technology entrepreneur, his talk deeply inspired me to do the work that I do.Neil Postman | Penguin Books, 1982 | BookNeil Postman was a brilliant public intellectual who deeply understood how media shapes society. I thought I understood media and technology – and then I read Neil Postman it changed my worldview.TEDx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading." It supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community.Become a TED MemberWant to hear more great ideas like this one? Sign up for TEDMembership to get exclusive access to captivating conversations,engaging events, and more!

2,110,874 views | Tristan Harris • TEDxBrusselsLikeShareAddHow often does technology interrupt us from what we really mean to be doing? At work and at play, we spend a startling amount of time distracted by pings and pop-ups -- instead of helping us spend our time well, it often feels like our tech is stealing it away from us. Design thinker Tristan Harris offers thoughtful new ideas for technology that creates more meaningful interaction. He asks: "What does the future of technology look like when you're designing for the deepest human values?"Read transcriptLikeShareAddBecome a TED...

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