Tristan Harris Congress Testimony: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology

Tristan Harris, Co-Founder of Center for Humane Technology, testifies for the US Senate on "Optimizing for Engagement: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology on Internet Platforms."

June 25, 2019

[miguelrosado]

This guy deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. He is trying to save humanity from robots.

[jrussino]

Ironically it's the YouTube persuasion machine that brought my attention to your work.

Thank you for doing such a good job of articulating these ideas and expressing them to our elected representatives.

[ellocosjchushhxha]

This was over 4 years ago and still nothing has been done and now we even have even more capable ai technologies. It's been a hell of a life folks, Godspeed!

[chiaradina]

I bow before this man. His work is true Service to humanity, what a great soul!

[thewakakeboarder]

This conversation with our leadership should happen yearly at the very minimum. Ideally more and longer.

[mgmchenry]

That mic drop was so hard I think I've got permanent brain damage. I don't think I can ever forget the last words - with great power comes no responsibility. Brilliant. Strongest end to a video I've seen in years

[michaelbasher]

This guy is a natural leader representing humanity's future. Top man. Top perception. We as humanity need more respect to our fellow animal Kingdom. Top discussion.

[SaidIraamane]

A big fan of Tristan Harris, one of todays struggle against modern techs.

[danremenyi]

Tristan Harris is not a national treasure -- is is a global treasure

[FriedChikan]

A great speaker. Tied in personal story telling and used great examples to people who wouldn't necessarily understand the tech. Super clear too. Exactly what's needed 👏

[beldonhuang]

This testimony is absolutely worth taking a look at, and one that sure gives deep insights on the effects of social media technology. Especially after watching his TED talk and listening to some of his other talks, how we treat and use our phones should be one of those things in life that we ought to start paying attention to ASAP

[cch]

Tristan Harris you are doing incredibly important work! The world needs more people like you!

[stevechrisman]

Man, this guy is incredibly well spoken !

[kdhKJFGiht]

Great summary statement at the end! "With great power, came NO responsibility"!

[Marcus-Anthony]

Thanks Tristan! Keep speaking truth to power.

[arianakluyverrodriguez]

Thank you for posting! It is so great to see someone being so articulate and passionate about SUCH an important matter. As a young person looking towards the future, seeing this gives me more hope!

[besratbekele]

Hats off Mr. Harris! Brilliant, insightful and articulate. I don't know how you make it look so easy, but thank you so very much for your diligent laboring to get humanity snap out of its most scary nightmare.

[karljpilt]

This testimony was amazing! Please reccommend me more stuff like this, algoritm!

[jgunne]

This is exactly the type of content youtube should recommend

[louisjones]

Tristan and everyone at CfHT are national heroes trying to save us from the singularity.