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You might want to check out some of the criticism advanced by people such as Tristan Harris on the tension between the user behaviors that tech companies optimize their product design, and the goals users hope to accomplish through their use. I do in some ways support Nir in that we should learn how to harness these types of technologies for our own good, to 'supercharge' our ability to accomplish what we want, but I do not trust any company dependent on ad-revenue (or backed by Wall Street in general) to help with that.

I'd also recommend checking out The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu and Addiction by Design by Natasha Schull for background on the history of the commodification of attention and of the