The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Tristan Harris reads as The Catalyst because his leadership works by ignition, not administration. As co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, he has made his role less about running an institution and more about forcing a reckoning, provoking industries and audiences alike to confront how technology shapes attention and behaviour.
“I care about people. I want things to go well for people. I want people to look at their children in the eyes and be able to say You know, I think I grew up maybe under a false assumption and something that really influenced my life was I used to have this belief that there was some adults in the room somewhere.”
“Referring to you. On the social media part is having the most powerful people who understand and who are in charge of regulating and governing this technology understand the social dilemma, see the film, to take those examples that I just laid out.”
“And the only way out is to step outside the logic of inevitability. Because if we are all heading to our collective suicide, which, I don't know about you, I don't think that I don't want that. You don't want that.”
“We're not in a race just to have technological advantage. We're in a race for who can better govern that technology's impact on society. So for example, the United States beat China to social media. That technology. Did that make us stronger? Did that make us weaker? Have the most anxious and depressed generation of our lifetime.”
The Diary of a CEO: “AI Expert: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! We Need To Start Protesting! - Tristan Harris”
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