Technology Hijacking Us

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    https://www.1843magazine.com/fea…

    “I look at some of my former students and I wonder if they’re really trying to make the world better, or just make money,” said Fogg. “What I always wanted to do was un-enslave people from technology.”

    "In theory, we can all opt out of the loops of incentive and reward which encircle us, but few of us choose to. It is just so much easier to accept and connect. If we are captives of captology, then we are willing ones."

    I think it's a question of time till someone figures out software that
    empowers the user in a way that will render the actual 'social' media dopamine rushes absurd.

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