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02-06-2018, 08:31 AM
Finally, tech's elite speak out against Silicon Valley's unchecked power
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They helped create Facebook, Google, and other companies who claim to bring the world together. But on Monday evening, these people gathered to discuss how tech products are tearing us apart.*
"Facebook created a business model that essentially made people who believe [conspiracy theories] more valuable," said Roger McNamee, an early advisor to Mark Zuckerberg, speaking at an event at The New School in New York City titled "The Dark Side of Design: A Conversation About Addictive Technology (http://journalismdesign.com/technology-addiction-time-well-spent/). "It was in [Facebook's] interest to appeal to fear and anger."
McNamee is one of the founders of the Center for Humane Technology (http://humanetech.com/), a new coalition of tech creators dedicated to studying the effects of technology. This week, the group announced a partnership with nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media to launch an ad campaign on tech addiction.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/05/center-for-humane-technology-silicon-valley-unchecked-power/)
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They helped create Facebook, Google, and other companies who claim to bring the world together. But on Monday evening, these people gathered to discuss how tech products are tearing us apart.*
"Facebook created a business model that essentially made people who believe [conspiracy theories] more valuable," said Roger McNamee, an early advisor to Mark Zuckerberg, speaking at an event at The New School in New York City titled "The Dark Side of Design: A Conversation About Addictive Technology (http://journalismdesign.com/technology-addiction-time-well-spent/). "It was in [Facebook's] interest to appeal to fear and anger."
McNamee is one of the founders of the Center for Humane Technology (http://humanetech.com/), a new coalition of tech creators dedicated to studying the effects of technology. This week, the group announced a partnership with nonprofit media watchdog group Common Sense Media to launch an ad campaign on tech addiction.* Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/02/05/center-for-humane-technology-silicon-valley-unchecked-power/)
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