A small number of tech companies have amassed enormous power in our modern world. Do they wield that power responsibly, or do they abuse it to benefit themselves? I talked to Tristan Harris, “the closest thing Silicon Valley has to a conscience,” to better understand what we can do about our social dilemma.
This is… A Bit of Optimism.
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May 12
Stop Telling Us Everything Happens for a Reason with Anti-Victim Tom Nash
We often comfort ourselves with the idea that things happen for a reason, or define our struggles as a test of strength. Tom Nash might ask you to reconsider. Tom is a speaker, former DJ, and globe-trotting advocate for agency, anti-fragility, and the radical idea that your worst ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2022
20VC: Why The CEO Should Make As Few Decisions As Possible, The Trade-Off Between Freedom and Raising Big From VCs & Why Our Jobs Are Not As Hard As We Think and How To Assess Talent and Potential As a Result with Tristan Handy, Founder & CEO @ dbt Labs
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jthandy">Tristan Handy</a> is the Founder and CEO @ <a href="https://www.getdbt.com/">dbt</a>, a data transformation tool that enables data analysts and engineers to transform, test and document data in the cloud data warehouse. To date, Tristan ha ... Show More
43m 3s
Feb 2022
Here’s Our Plan And We Don’t Know — with Tristan Harris, Aza Raskin and Stephanie Lepp
Renowned quantum physicist Richard Feynman once wrote, "It is our capacity to doubt that will determine the future of civilization." In that spirit, this episode is a little different – because we're talking openly about our doubts, with you, our listeners. It's also different be ... Show More
35m 47s
Feb 2024
The peril (and promise) of AI with Tristan Harris: Part 2
<p>What if you could no longer trust the things you see and hear?</p><p>Because the signature on a check, the documents or videos presented in court, the footage you see on the news, the calls you receive from your family … They could all be perfectly forged by artificial intelli ... Show More
32m 17s
<p><strong>Tristan Harris</strong> (<a href="https://twitter.com/tristanharris" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@tristanharris</a>) is a former Google design ethicist, primary subject of the acclaimed Netflix documentary <em><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/812542 ... Show More
