Tristan Harris

@tristanharris

Ex-Design Ethicist @ Google now leading Time Well Spent, a movement for tech & media that competes to improve our lives, not get the most eyeballs.

San Francisco, CA
timewellspent.io
Joined May 2007
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 May 2016

    "How Technology Hijacks Your Mind – from a Magician and Google's Design Ethicist"

    51 replies 545 retweets 738 likes
  2. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    7 specific tactics social media companies are using to keep you hooked.

    1 reply 17 retweets 25 likes
  3. Retweeted
    May 21

    12 years ago today, David Foster Wallace delivered his magnificent "This Is Water" speech – hear it here:

    1 reply 60 retweets 121 likes
  4. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    Press is enemy of the state. The news is fake. Citizens cannot discuss unclassified recollections. Where is this going?

    538 replies 3,069 retweets 7,506 likes
  5. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    Was asked today at event what should be done. I said the first step is always admitting that you have a problem.

    Comey was asked why Americans should care about the investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
    24 replies 273 retweets 702 likes
  6. Retweeted
    Jun 8

    .'s Twitter finger must be getting itchy. Here's a fun guide to his strategic use of tweets. (Thanks !)

    16 replies 467 retweets 586 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    If someone's insults' bother you; it is evidence that you respect him.

    80 replies 802 retweets 1,966 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    A right-wing dark-money group—donors cloaked in anonymity—is buying ads to smear Comey. Think about that.

    My latest: How Republicans are trying to tarnish Comey's credibility before he even speaks.
    11 replies 263 retweets 261 likes
  9. Retweeted
    Jun 7

    Searching my memory, cannot recall any president ever before organizing an attack like this on a congressional witness

    Here's the ad from a Trump-allied nonprofit attacking James Comey ahead of his testimony.
    1,080 replies 9,894 retweets 13,364 likes
  10. Retweeted
    Jun 6

    "We must reject a YOLO society, and accept a WOHOW (we only have 1 world) society"...not as catchy but msg right! 🌍

    10 retweets 12 likes
  11. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    London Bridge attacker, Khuram Shazad Butt, was featured in a documentary called "The Jihadis Next Door". This is the scene he was in.

    534 replies 4,291 retweets 2,898 likes
  12. Retweeted
    Jun 4

    You know over 10% of Russia's population is Muslim? Much higher than ANY of the major European economies.

    In 20 years, Russia will be the only country that is recognizably European.
    192 replies 1,099 retweets 2,533 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    "Even today’s relatively simple [AI] programs can exert a significant influence on people—for good or ill."

    69 retweets 89 likes
  14. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    Remarkable photo essay of pro-Nazi German-Americans in the days before WWII, from Alan Taylor (via ):

    76 replies 501 retweets 611 likes
  15. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    And THIS is why I've been trying to get all of you to use security keys— the only thing that foils this method. Get a blue Yubikey, $17.99.

    So THIS is how Russian hackers were getting around 2-factor auth - simple, and scarily effective.
    25 replies 254 retweets 425 likes
  16. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    This election: viral videos of politicians Next election: entirely convincing fake videos of politicians saying things they didn’t say

    45 replies 327 retweets 681 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    "A billion people's minds are jacked into an environment that a handful of technology companies make." –

    and
    3 replies 56 retweets 137 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    Interesting tip by ex-Googler on to help social media addiction: change color settings to grayscale!

    2 replies 10 retweets 14 likes
  19. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    Whatever Russia has on Trump, its blackmail value is obviously extremely strong.

    Mattis, McMaster and Tillerson got NATO pledge into Trump speech and were blindsided when he took it out.
    519 replies 5,474 retweets 9,731 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    Plot thickens

    Leaked NSA report assesses that Russia tried to hack local election officials using info stolen from voter data firm
    10 replies 176 retweets 296 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Jun 2

    These are the very phrases Putin used to describe Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    44 replies 427 retweets 564 likes

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