American technologist and former Google design ethicist who became the leading advocate for humane technology design — arguing that social media companies deliberately exploit psychological vulnerabilities.
The Social Dilemma (Netflix, 2020): brought the argument about social media's attention economy to a mass audience. A Persuasive Technology presentation at Google (2013) went viral internally and led to his role as Google's first Design Ethicist. Co-founded the Center for Humane Technology.
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