Last week I listened to a fascinating interview with San Francisco based Dr Robert Lustig. Lustig is the author of the September 2017 publication The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of our Bodies and Brains.
“…We are being robbed of happiness by companies working very hard to keep us addicted to things that provide temporary pleasure, says Dr Robert Lustig…”
It’s well worth a listen, as is media featuring Tristan Harris. Lustig and Mulligan reference him during their conversation, and it was well worth my effort to follow up this reference. Harris has important and needful things to say. You’ll find the 60 Minutes story on YouTube here (in 3-parts), and the short PBS feature (similarly on YouTube) here. I followed these up with Harris’ 2014 TED Talk titled, How Better Tech Could Protect Us From Distraction. From there you can explore all the other media, if you feel so inclined.
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