It Is Interesting That The Backlash Against All Pervasive Tech And Its Ills Is Really Growing!

This appeared on the weekend:  ‘Tech is tearing us apart’The balance between humankind and technology has reached a tipping point, says this Silicon Valley insider – and we all stand to lose.By Ben HoyleFrom The Weekend Australian MagazineJanuary 17, 2020Reporting can be a scary job. I have had nervous moments with warlords, gangsters and neo-Nazis. I have been shot at and threatened. Once I had to endure, without displaying any outward sign of panic, the whole of Tonight ’s the Night, the Rod Stewart musical. But if Tristan Harris is right, the presentation playing now on his phone is the most frightening thing I’ve seen in my life. It’s a road map for the erosion of civilisation as we know it.Harris, 35, is a former Google insider who has been called “the c losest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience” and a “Silicon Valley apostate”. He believes we’re in the midst of a great social upheaval caused by technology companies that view the world’s 2.7 billion smartphone users...
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 18, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs