The Attention Economy - How They Addict Us

Please visit Tristan Harris' project Time Well Spent: http://www.timewellspent.io/ (He is, more than anyone I know, fighting against the unethical practices of Silicon Valley). Please consider supporting my videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/willschoder ----------------------------------------------- ► NEWSLETTER: http://bit.ly/2dDYX9W ► INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/willschoder/ ► TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/willschoder ► FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/notchrispratt ► PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/willschoder ----------------------------------------------- FURTHER READING (please consider using these links if you'd like to purchase these books. It helps the channel). ----------------------------------------------- "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman (http://amzn.to/2meWinn) "Present Shock" by Douglas Rushkoff (http://amzn.to/2CKo1Df) "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr (http://amzn.to/2DdDHjG) "The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction" by Matthew Crawford (http://amzn.to/2mdkFle) https://medium.com/swlh/how-technology-hijacks-peoples-minds-from-a-magician-and-google-s-design-ethicist-56d62ef5edf3#.ww5uol7hq ------------------------------------------------ $BTC: 1ErAEodq48vMSwadBMQz5ns73GLvycstKR $ETH: 0x50C85C004bfEA8e0815552046c036Cbdd3361Ef4 $LTC: LKVhyYgGDaKCV27yxdiEsC7sF5mFtapf99 ----------------------------------------------- MUSIC: "Rain (Instrumental)" by JayProd "The Time to Run (Finale)" by Dexter Britain "Building Thoughts" by Dexter Britain "A Closing Statement" by Dexter Britain "Fly" by Julian Avila (Check him out: https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila) ----------------------------------------------- ARTISTS: Jon-Michael Frank: http://www.jonmichaelfrank.com/ (I own one of his comics. Love it.) John Holcroft: http://www.johnholcroft.com/ Jean Jullien: https://www.jeanjullien.com/ Laurie Lipton: http://www.laurielipton.com/ Pawel Kuczynski: http://www.pawelkuczynski.com/ This video features a segment of Neil Postman's book "Amusing Ourselves to Death." It's a book I highly recommend, especially if you found this video interesting.