We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back?
4 days ago
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- #social media
- BJ Fogg's 2003 book 'Persuasive Technology' predicted the influence of portable electronic devices on human behavior.
- The iPhone's launch in 2007 and Fogg's Behavior Design Boot Camps validated his theories on persuasive technology.
- Smartphones and social media have led to increased screen time, with debates on their psychological effects.
- Smartphones gamify human social needs, using unpredictability to make usage compulsive, similar to slot machines.
- Social media platforms manipulate users through social competition and tribal conflict, leading to increased anger and polarization.
- Efforts to regulate social media use, such as Australia's ban for under-16s, are being considered globally.
- The decline in quality of social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook has reduced personal engagement.
- Emerging technologies like LLMs and wearable AI buddies pose new risks for deeper psychological manipulation.