Publication/Creation Date

October 6 2017

Creators/Contributors

Paul Lewis (creator)
Justin Rosenstein (contributor)
Leah Pearlman (contributor)
Nir Eyal (contributor)
Tristan Harris (contributor)
BJ Fogg (contributor)
Loren Brichter (contributor)
Justin Santamaria (contributor)
Chris Marcellino (contributor)
Roger McNamee (contributor)
Sheryl Sandberg (contributor)
James Williams (contributor)
George Orwell (contributor)
Aldous Huxley (contributor)

Description

Justin Rosenstein had tweaked his laptop’s operating system to block Reddit, banned himself from Snapchat, which he compares to heroin, and imposed limits on his use of Facebook. But even that wasn’t enough. In August, the 34-year-old tech executive took a more radical step to restrict his use of social media and other addictive technologies.

Rosenstein purchased a new iPhone and instructed his assistant to set up a parental-control feature to prevent him from downloading any apps.

Augments

Controlling, Manipulating, Designing, Influencing, Persuading, Checking

Technology Keywords

Smartphones, Smartphone Applications, Plug-ins, Browser Applications, Autoplay, Algorithms , Notifications, Alerts, Buttons, Web Design, Pull-to-Refresh, Newsfeeds, Engineering, Push Notifications

Keywords

Social Media, Dystopian, Ethics, Psychology, Addictions, Marketing, Manipulation, Distraction Management, Cognition, Politics, Communication, Advertising, Design, Behaviour, Emotions, Control, Critical Thinking, Social, Vulnerability, Reward System, Capitalism, Media, Surveillance, Attention Economy, Fake News

Marketing Keywords

Facebook, Snapchat, Silicon Valley, Google, Instagram, "Like" Buttons, Hooked: How To Build Habit-Forming Products, YouTube, Netflix, LinkedIn, Tweetie, Apple, Time Well Spent, Brave New World, 2017 Habit Summit, 1984

Source

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia