Tristan Harris Congress Testimony: Understanding the Use of Persuasive Technology

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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
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@miguelrosado6348 Жыл бұрын

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

@miguelrosado6348 Жыл бұрын

@@seanpierre1338 erhm - he has a COMPUTER SCIENCE degree from STANFORD university and is a founder of a startup that end up being bought by GOOGLE. Does he need to create an electric car to have a saying in this matter?

@seanpierre1338 Жыл бұрын

@@miguelrosado6348 I appear to have consumed misinformation on this topic

@fALSE.fLAGGOT Жыл бұрын

@@seanpierre1338Misinformed? Appears? I'm late to this comment section and it appears you made a pompous ass incorrect comment and embarrassed so you deleted it. That's what it *appears* to look like to me.

@almasysephirot4996 Жыл бұрын

@Sean Pierre “on this topic” who the f- are you? It’s not your morning briefing in the White House, you “Big Foot”, “aliens” voting machine coo-koo! A topic is one of many, what you’re trying to do here is mix this with the hay, AI is the only question that matters right now; it’s not “a” topic, it is the the topic.

@projectxrapture Жыл бұрын

@cHRUNG sAMSOME don't be a dick. He corrected himself and admitted his fault which is more than most would do in KZfaq comments

@jrussino Жыл бұрын

Ironically it's the KZfaq 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.

@peterginsburg2465 Жыл бұрын

You're interested in this topic, the same as I am. So, we're both here watching and commenting. Info bubbles are sometimes good, but more often, depending on the viewer's interests, not helpful to society in general. How many "flat earth" videos get offered up to us? But, I keep forgetting about the info bubbles and screen time hooks. Ooo. I see some other videos I want to watch now. Humm ... time to shut my computer off.

@alwaysyouramanda Жыл бұрын

I’ve been here for a greater portion of my life now and I have seen it change-! 2016 bikini haul to p3d0 hacks.. verified 🤮

@alwaysyouramanda Жыл бұрын

There was a time though, this thing was capable of more than they knew and sensitive information was getting out. I’ll bet my spaghetti.

@sultanhanga Жыл бұрын

9q9

@dark-boson3697 Жыл бұрын

He had me agreeing until he started hinting towards getting rid of ‘Section 230’!

@ellocodiablo Жыл бұрын

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!

@LetsBeHonestImAPrat Жыл бұрын

Yeah we’re supremely fucked

@passonthering 10 ай бұрын

I'm watching this and thinking how fresh it is. Then I realize that it's from four years ago!

@r3b3lvegan89 10 ай бұрын

Lol Bernie dropping the ball back in 2016 was nearly 8 years ago but it feels like yesterday. Same shit different year

@Jack-2day 4 ай бұрын

Trust nothing u hear, and half of what u see… ahhhh the good ‘ol days 😂 😅 Cheers

@G1Joe Ай бұрын

I was saying, "Oh, no!" when I thought it was just a year old. Saw this comment, then expanded the description and saw the date it actually took place.

@michaelbasher Жыл бұрын

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.

@TechenZz 11 ай бұрын

Top of the mornin to ya laddies

@mgmchenry Жыл бұрын

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

@dallassegno Жыл бұрын

notice how his conspiracies include bigfoot and moonlanding but not pedophiles in government

@Sioma123 10 ай бұрын

It means more responsibility!

@renosance8941 10 ай бұрын

@@Sioma123 It SHOULD mean that, but doesn't always mean that... People are people, some are good, but far too many are evil. Especially in positions of power.

@chiaradina Жыл бұрын

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

@tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

no he's not

@tommysteele10 Жыл бұрын

@@tuckerbugeater what is your best argument against his arguments? Thanks for reply!

@LetsBeHonestImAPrat Жыл бұрын

@@tommysteele10 he wont reply

@thealaskanbascan6277 10 ай бұрын

whenever there's a positive comment about something or someone usually the first reply is negative.

@vodolara2644 5 ай бұрын

I will gladly respond for him. Tristan Harris’s service is for himself and himself alone. The hypocrisy by which him and his organization blame tech companies for stealing our attention (point which I agree with), but then to go out and spam people all over social media about their good cause, non-stop, it’s embarrassing, and hypocritical. I lived in Silicon Valley for many years, I met people like him. He’s the typical software engineer from Stanford who thinks he will save humanity and who loves to use words in his talks that only “intelligent” people use, not realizing his audience has changed. The term itself “humane tech” seems like a joke from the comedy series Silicon Valley. He is too close to power, can’t ever imagine him challenging powerful people to advance his cause, but a lot of people will fall for his martyrdom, like whoever wrote this comment.

@thewakakeboarder Жыл бұрын

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

@greenbeans7573 Жыл бұрын

Needs to happen bidaily minimum given what's coming and how fast it's coming.

@x11tech45 Жыл бұрын

@@greenbeans7573 I like what Tristan said in another of his videos-- that (technology) innovators need to be held accountable for giving guidance on how to be regulated, and to be held accountable for when they give guidance that turns out to be self serving. For example, when Big Tobacco says "Smoking is harmless and shouldn't be stigmatized or regulated" and it is later shown that it's both addictive and harmful, they should be held liable for all of the human casualties resulting from their unethical behavior, up to and including complete dissolution. (Give companies an out, so long as they are the first to raise the ethical challenges-- they pay for the consequences, but then they help inform and create a better system of regulating. Although, this is an imperfect analogy given that trading biochemical enjoyment for accumulated health problems isn't ethical-- but the US tried "prohibition" and it went poorly. For my part, so long as there is transparency and good regulation, adults can make choices that affect only themselves. But this is an imperfect solution and needs further debate.) If you're not prepared to offer good advice on how to apply what you're doing ethically, then you're not prepared to do it commercially. Pursuit of greed absent ethical constraint should be a crime, in my opinion. (This imperfect sentiment speaks directly to the idea of having ongoing conversations at pace with the rate of change.)

@loadsheddingzim Жыл бұрын

Holy shit, what an intersting video. Glad the youtube machine recommended it😂😂

@FriedChikan Жыл бұрын

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 👏

@joesweeney6262 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Irony is, I found this via recommendation while scrolling.

@gmw3083 Жыл бұрын

Me too. It's probably the same for most. The sword cuts both ways. For me, the problem is too many recommendations that come too fast. It's impossible to keep up. Oh well, that's life in the labyrinth during the Apocalaughs.

@brokejaw 11 ай бұрын

I wish there was a guy like this representing every problem we are facing as a race.

@danremenyi1179 Жыл бұрын

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

@stevengreidinger8295 Жыл бұрын

Eloquent, coherent, reasonable. The Senators were listening.

@k54dhKJFGiht 5 ай бұрын

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

@stevoofd Жыл бұрын

Finally someone who eloquently breaks down the dangers of the power of a free economy system. Algorithms as mass data analyzers set up to keep consumers in the loop. How are we supposed to fight a machine built to hijack our neural reward system with information fighting for our attention around every corner? It’s becoming increasingly complex to stay engaged in modern society while maintaining a more grounded relation to our minds, bodies and nature.

@stevechrisman3185 11 ай бұрын

Man, this guy is incredibly well spoken !

@GaryR55 7 ай бұрын

True. Unlike most of his generation, who don't know when and how to use the word "like" or what it's function is in a sentence.

@Theologica_ 2 ай бұрын

@@GaryR55you are falling for the polarisation and outrage he’s talking about. Let’s work together, huh?

@GaryR55 2 ай бұрын

@@Theologica_ I'm not "falling for" anything. I have been an atheist all my life, simply because I cannot believe things that are impossible and not true. This has nothing to do with socialism, which I have opposed all my life. Do not pretend to be my superior. You know nothing about me.

@karljpilt1234 Жыл бұрын

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

@addy185 25 күн бұрын

Thank you Tristan 🎉🎉🎉

@parati1309 Жыл бұрын

Extraordinary. Public schools should be engaging with Humane Technology. Tristan is boss when it comes to logical thinking/critical thinking for ordinary people. He’s beautiful to listen to & to hear.

@MDFnyny 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Tristan! Keep speaking truth to power.

@cch928 6 ай бұрын

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

@beldonhuang 5 ай бұрын

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

@arianakluyverrodriguez5439 Жыл бұрын

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!

@jgunne Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the type of content youtube should recommend

@besratbekele1032 Жыл бұрын

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.

@sandswan 11 ай бұрын

Found this channel via the A.I. Dilemma March 9 video. Now I'm watching this video because I am morally outraged. Attention successfully captured. You may advance to the next level.

@edh2246 Жыл бұрын

The people behind him are certainly illustrating his point about social media being so engaging that you can’t resist constantly picking up the phone.

@Astrussy Жыл бұрын

They could be taking notes on their phones🤷‍♂️ I’ve had people come up to me at the gym and give me crap for being on my phone between sets and I’m just logging my progress. Moral of the story, having a phone out doesn’t mean someone is on social media or texting, sometimes people use their phones as productivity tools.

@DekuSt0ner Жыл бұрын

@@Astrussy hey man dont take it personal. Its just a fact that most people are addicted to social media, and ai heavily influenced that.

@Astrussy Жыл бұрын

@@DekuSt0ner that’s true, and I’m not taking it personally. People can think what they want about it, doesn’t affect me directly. But to jump to the conclusion that “on phone”==“using social media” is a bit silly.

@DekuSt0ner Жыл бұрын

@@Astrussy you are right. Cellphones are still a magnificent tool despite social media.

@mberryfr 11 ай бұрын

We are living Terminator Times. It’s happening before our eyes

@TrippSaaS Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you! We demand data and algorithmic rights!

@louisjones2653 Жыл бұрын

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

@FactsMatter999 10 ай бұрын

We are doomed regardless… without high tech we’d probably last another 200 yrs at best (nukes are already here and world superpowers are all stacked against each other ). With the singularity we’d be done by the end of next decade if not sooner 🤷

@nApucco Жыл бұрын

When you hear the last question an realize this testimony was from 2019 and it could have just been from yesterday. 🤯 Now we are at the advent of advanced and widely accessible AI and LLMs, and we have not yet learned from or fixed our past social media and societal failures.

@REDSIDEofficial Жыл бұрын

This Guy is amazing, i love how he see the details that i can't see

@eulogy4anange1 Жыл бұрын

He described this in a way I love him as a speaker he's amazing ty

@markobythesea 11 ай бұрын

So well spoken Tristan! So glad you’re in the room! 🎉

@norag.5690 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! Tristan Harris ought to be recommended as a candidate to lead a department on regulating social media platforms and the development of AI…

@matthewsroofing8670 Жыл бұрын

I’m glad KZfaq recommended this

@mischelledavis1227 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Just, wow! Stunning!

@jenpotter6524 Жыл бұрын

Amen, may God bless you for service!

@krox477 9 ай бұрын

"We have paleolithic ancient emotions, mediaeval institutions and godlike technology"-well said

@sim-racer Жыл бұрын

If the algorithm recommended this video to you, I like u.

@yonayehezkel3150 9 ай бұрын

Whom Can We Trust If No One Is Trustworthy? One of my favorite quips from Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is when Tom is defined as “a glittering hero…the pet of the old, the envy of the young,” and there were “some that believed that he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.” With these few words, Twain captured the essence of leadership in our world. Those who get to the top are the fiercest, most determined, and most ruthless. Today, the latter quality has become so intense that we can no longer believe our leaders, and certainly not trust them to have our best interest in mind. I am not accusing any leader in particular, or even leaders as a whole. It is simply that in an egoistic world, where people vie to topple one another on their way to the top, the one at the top is clearly the one who trampled over and knocked down more people than anyone else. Concisely, to get to the top in an egoistic world you have to be the biggest egoist. So how do we know whom to trust? We don’t know and we cannot know. All we know is that we are in the dark. In a culture of unhinged selfishness, any conspiracy theory seems reasonable, while truth is nowhere to be found. When every person who says or writes something is trying to promote some hidden agenda, you have no way of knowing who is right, what really happened, or if anything happened at all. The only way to get some clarity in the news and goodwill from our leaders is to say “Enough!” to our current system and build something entirely independent. The guiding principle of such a system should be “information only,” no commentary. Commentary means that information has already been skewed. Information means saying only what happened, as much as possible, not why, and not who is to blame and who we should praise. Concurrently, we must begin a comprehensive process of self-teaching. We have to know not only what is happening, but why we skew and distort everything. In other words, we have to know about human nature and how it inherently presents matters according to its own subjective view, which caters to one’s own interest. To “clear” ourselves from that deformity, we must learn how to rise above our personal interest and develop an equally favorable attitude toward others. This is our only guarantee that our interpretation of things will be even and correct. Once we achieve such an attitude, we will discover that the bad things we see in our world reflect our own, internal wickedness. Our ill-will toward others creates a world where ill-will governs, and so the world is filled with wickedness and cruelty. Therefore, all we need in order to create positive leadership-and to generally eliminate ill-will from the world-is to generate goodwill within us. When we nurture goodwill toward others, we will fill the world with goodwill. As a result, the world will fill with kindness and compassion. By changing ourselves, we will create a world that is opposite from the world we have created through our desires to govern, patronize, and often destroy other people.

@r34ct4 Жыл бұрын

I wonder how this discourse would have gone today (4 years later)

@andynicoll8566 11 ай бұрын

When I first used KZfaq I was disturbed that I could not search for topics that I was interested in, I was limited by what KZfaq wanted me to be interested in.

@Pi_travel Жыл бұрын

thank you, Tristan and senators, it gives me hope watching such discussions started.

@LetsBeHonestImAPrat Жыл бұрын

This was 4 years ago and the govt has done nothing to fix it

@stuartmalin661 Жыл бұрын

Stellar! A brilliant assessment from keen insights.

@jimaguilar4028 Жыл бұрын

Tristan is a thought leader and maverick to go against the grain. Bravo!

@trevororeilly6001 Жыл бұрын

"The polarization of our society is actually part of the business model." That's a very scary notion.

@atari1040 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tristan - great speech!

@mcusson2 11 ай бұрын

Loved every second of this.

@MsRoshniAli Жыл бұрын

Thank you Tristan😊

@franekkos574 Жыл бұрын

Bro perfectly creates long statements. Very good speaker. Content also valid.

@tristanwegner Жыл бұрын

I wish every contribution in congress to be at least as eloquent, factual and concise as this.

@user-zr1dr7nz8e 21 күн бұрын

We need fundamental changes to patent, copyright and advertising laws and we need a philosophical revolution among the designer class.

@mcavenaghi Жыл бұрын

I'm happy that you tube recommended me this video! 😊

@jimweights8908 Жыл бұрын

I love that my KZfaq algo recommended this

@IronReef77 9 күн бұрын

People shoukd be more aware of him and his goal. This is to save our sacred "Attention" on a global scale. Im reading the book "Stolen Focus" now and its something we all kind of figured (some not at all) but the book goes so in depth its insane

@jessegibson3548 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏

@willl9319 3 ай бұрын

Tristen Harris should run for Congress!! 🇺🇸

@bikedawg Жыл бұрын

OMG---this was talked about in 2019 and now its 2023 and still absolutely NOTHING has been done to regulate these social media companies.

@cristianbejan1970 Жыл бұрын

thank you!

@zillibran Жыл бұрын

bring this discussion to all countries, we must be aware and we must be unfinished, not constrained by limitations that only benefit some.

@sharchik916 Жыл бұрын

How does this not have 500 million views...

@TheIcoolable Күн бұрын

I wouldn’t doubt if KZfaq shadowbans this content it wouldn’t be in their best interest to promote it

@ababiya_worku Жыл бұрын

A.I is Inevitable! I hope good things come from it!

@ronaldronald8819 Жыл бұрын

It is encouraging to see gov is trying to get a grip on big tech by understanding what unwanted side effects tech has. Unfortunately the fact is that people in the A.I. field are underestimating the speed that A.I. is developing with. I hope gov comes to the conclusion that we have to hit the brakes when it comes to exposing people to these crazy powerful tools.

@itmeurdad Жыл бұрын

The technologist and cynic in me thinks too little, too late. And this is 4+ years old at this point. Politicians thrive off the division; they are quite literally de-incentivised from doing anything, and more importantly they're too ignorant and unwilling to understand the technology, which isn't even all that complicated -- yet. In other words, I believe it'll only get worse.

@ronaldronald8819 Жыл бұрын

@@itmeurdad On the distribution of possible outcomes the influences you (rightfully so) describe increases the change of a more negative outcome. However i want to stay positive and hope for the best.

@barbaradavisthompson6370 4 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@olderbadboy Жыл бұрын

He did a good job with explaining how our data is used to predict future behaviors and how it is used against you .

@interestedpart2650 Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@y_social_ Жыл бұрын

this is very important

@gcg2927 Жыл бұрын

Wow, so eloquent and this was in 2019

@freekick129 Жыл бұрын

Crazy that June 2019 is now 4 YEARS AGO

@jaredm1162 Жыл бұрын

Wow great points my man

@Humbertocr 2 ай бұрын

Even what Mr Harris considers calm town is not exactly trustworthy. Doctor Frankstein is building a moster in every sides. Sometimes by recommendation of algorithmic culture, sometimes by the bias introduced by hand under some FBI's command as Twitter Files have shown. Great topic to go further. Just met your ideas and started following. Thanks.

@euclidofalexandria3786 Жыл бұрын

indeed, Heaven knows, it knows us so well that all of our behaviors and all of our reactions and gestures have been throughly studied. You know when you get that uneasy feeling around somebody.. that can be projected in just like scripting somebodies speech who is identified in the moment... it IS true... it is just unseen.

@vikasgupta1828 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Zaniel8 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@AdamBechtol Жыл бұрын

Solid as ever.

@mai2415 11 ай бұрын

He and his team is a real hero

@ms.playboyinternational393 5 ай бұрын

in his mind.

@j.jarvis7460 Жыл бұрын

This man comes across 100 times smarter and more self educated on this matter then anyone in that room. Matter a fact anyone I’ve ever seen. edit: I wonder if I’d agree with this regulatory technique’s.

@webbedtoes2 Жыл бұрын

"with (a symmetry of) Great Power comes NO responsibility" 🏆

@Hollowdude15 5 ай бұрын

I agree with tristan harris like that is what they do and I hope one day this ends and great video man :]

@derrickminutello6375 Жыл бұрын

From a digital marketer perspective the ethics of these conversations are very interesting. This was recorded quite some time ago now. What's being done currently? Where do the current conversations stand?

@fufu1405 7 ай бұрын

Things need to change.

@npage. Жыл бұрын

This guy is important

@mareklewandowski7784 Жыл бұрын

The people glued to their smartphones behind him is the cherry on top 😅

@npage. Жыл бұрын

YT algo brought me here 😂

@ssadmud 4 күн бұрын

i hope the future breaks free from technology and social media

@ChickenOfMajesty Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad that the KZfaq algorithm made the mistake of knowing that I wanted to watch this video. This is the last video I’m watching today.

@snowdriftwood 4 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@1LauraCarolina1 Жыл бұрын

Dear KZfaq, why is this video not viral?

@TedMarq Жыл бұрын

A modern hero!

@aprilhunter Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this and making people aware of how this works. I know I will be more conscious of not going to that next video or scrolling. And on a side note, in light of the new information and *real* science coming out now, it would seem those anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists were actually correct.

@gregbrinker1358 Жыл бұрын

Yep. They were

@GhANeC Жыл бұрын

Wait this was 4 years ago. Any significant progress on these concerns on a legislative and ideally international evel?

@TheAwesomejuan Жыл бұрын

Quoting Uncle Ben in front of congress... amazing.

@fernandobonvecchiato2878 Жыл бұрын

Love this video, yeah! (making algo engage me with more of this stuff 😂)

@prescottcronin8068 Жыл бұрын

This is so friggin important

@siguythevirus2418 Жыл бұрын

Is there a whole live stream of this hearing to watch on youtube? I can't find it

@jayxi5021 Жыл бұрын

Google predicting that I am about to quit youtube forever

@ScottKlajicPHD Жыл бұрын

Right. This stuff makes me want to drop even more platforms and apps from my life. I have no social media and my google account is shared by my whole family so its pretty hard to have an avatar that represents us. (So the recommendations are really out in left field). But still, I don't like any of this.

@mihoka13 11 ай бұрын

...the lady left behind is probably also hooked up with social medial while checking her phone hundred times during the hearing. Thanks for the amazing job Tristan Harris!

@NPRixix Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, this video was a YT recommendation.

@phillbt Жыл бұрын

this needs more views here are some keywords: wow debunking debunks shatters destroys enrages nukes you won't believe crazy awesome ridiculous amazing miraculous astonishing how why woah

@malthemadsen8022 Жыл бұрын

So what do we do, youtube comment section? I was once again very motivated to not write anything and just go about my day. I litterally think i can feel my attention getting caped, like long term. I feel so hopeless and the only thing i can think of doing is leaving a youtube comment. I guess my take on what to do is to endorce good faith discussion. Notice also the youtube comments on almost every video, how short form they are, even on very complex and interesting videoes such as this.