Tristan Harris, co-founder and co-director of Time Well Spent, demystifies the art of user engagement. Having been an amateur magician, a tech entrepreneur and now ethicist, Harris describes how the effectiveness of features that aim to hold our gaze or prompt certain beliefs lies in the asymmetry between the individual and the many engineers, designers and resources devoted to creating that feature.

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Escaping the Echo Chamber

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The Persuadable Brain

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Questioning What You Do

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What Is Ethical Persuasion?

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An Arms Race for Your Attention

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The End Game of AI

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A More Ergonomic Relationship with Tech

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Ways to Retake Control

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The Magic of Persuasive Design

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