'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Publication/Creation Date
October 6 2017Description
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.Technology Keywords
Smartphones,
Smartphone Applications,
Plug-ins,
Browser Applications,
Autoplay,
Algorithms ,
Notifications,
Alerts,
Buttons,
Web Design,
Pull-to-Refresh,
Newsfeeds,
Engineering,
Push NotificationsKeywords
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 NewsMarketing Keywords
Facebook,
Snapchat,
Silicon Valley,
Google,
Instagram,
"Like" Buttons,
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YouTube,
Netflix,
LinkedIn,
Tweetie,
Apple,
Time Well Spent,
Brave New World,
2017 Habit Summit,
1984Source
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia
Date archived
October 26 2017Last edited
October 8 2020