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History of the US from the perspective of the Indians, Slaves, and Laborers.
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Tuesday, 13 June 2017
quote [ Scrolling, bursts of likes, and incentives like Snapchat streaks may seem like innocuous features within your favorite apps, but they’re actually designed to make you completely addicted to your smartphone.
“This thing is a slot machine,” Tristan Harris says, gesturing to his iPhone during a 60 Minutes segment that aired Sunday. ] Sam Harris's podcast episode interviewing Tristan Harris is also well worth checking out.
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5th Earth said @ 10:32am GMT on 14th Jun
[Score:1 Good]
Anything that rewards you for interacting with it is a Skinner Box.
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steele said @ 3:10pm GMT on 14th Jun
Exactly. The point is that the more info you give companies, the more personalized and addictive they can make that Skinner Box a fuckton of people now carry around in their pockets. That gives them the means to shape the things you think about during the day, and your opinions on them.
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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 5:38pm GMT on 13th Jun
Don't get me wrong, I worry when my smartphone isn't in my pocket, but I got 4+ hours without checking it. Think I'm more worried I lost a $500 piece of tech. I've used most of the big mobile apps at some point, but when they start clearly manipulating me to no personal benefit, they get uninstalled. Mobile games start out great, then clearly move the incentive to paying for play...so basically encouraging me to play for 5 minutes every 4+ hours and no more. Like a weird form of loss aversion -- I was willing to play while there were rewards; playing but i don't get rewards for 4-24 hours? Screw it.
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Dienes said @ 6:57pm GMT on 13th Jun
[Score:2 Underrated]
Every single mobile app manipulates you. Its just that some are more subtle (and/or evil) than others.
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arrowhen said @ 7:35pm GMT on 13th Jun
How often do you check SE?
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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 9:12pm GMT on 13th Jun
When I get bored and/or need a break from work. May not check for 8 hours+, may check every 15 minutes.
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mechavolt said @ 7:41pm GMT on 13th Jun
“Radio is a slot machine,” Tristan Harris says
“TV is a slot machine,” Tristan Harris says “Computers are a slot machine,” Tristan Harris says “Phones are a slot machine,” Tristan Harris says |
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captainstubing said @ 9:24pm GMT on 13th Jun
Shades of the Derren Brown zombie apocalypse lark.
Derren Brown - Waking Dead Video game trick (zombies) |
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maximumtodd said @ 10:44pm GMT on 13th Jun
I think this segment originally aired on 9 April.
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pleaides said @ 7:54am GMT on 14th Jun
+1 Sam Harris' podcast
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