How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind—from a Former Insider

His questions can be asked about all technologies and media. What happens to us when we become infatuated with and then seduced by them? Do they free us or imprison us? Do they improve or degrade democracy? Do they make our leaders more accountable or less so? Our system more transparent or less so? Do they make us better citizens or better consume

Let’s imagine Nir is wrong, and we all follow his advice anyway—we allow surveillance capitalism to continue getting us “fiendishly hooked,” with only light regulation. Then let’s imagine Tristan is wrong, and we all follow his advice anyway—we regulate the Big Tech companies to stop their invasive practices.