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Francesco
Sean Parker, Facebook’s founding president, said: “The thought process that went into building these applications ... was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’”
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
In a 2017 interview, Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker said:
“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’ And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while. […] It’s a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.”
Create a Service Offering you’ll fall in love with
geoffmcdonald.com
Love this idea and can’t wait to see more sites adopting it
I have made up an organization system that I have not really seen before, and this works even before you declutter to make decluttering less overwhelmed and easier. Create monthly folders. For example, one folder called January, one folder called February etc. Do that with every month of the year until December. Then you declutter that month for... See more
What’s the most surprising and effective digital decluttering tip you’ve come across?
Design education encourages new designers to use design as a tool for social change and sells them on the idea that fancy design methodologies can solve all kinds of problems. It is exhilarating, but everything always stays the same, because the reality is that the system keeps incentivizing companies chasing infinite growth on the back of a planet... See more
Does everything really stay the same though?
Campaigns I don't want to forget
Nice short overview of why IBM ads captured people and what we can learn about them
The promise of community begins to feel disingenuous when what’s described is little more than a euphemism for a targeted demographic of interested consumers. Is there any other reason to facilitate community if not for a business to sell more products and accrue more members? Is it possible to find real community beyond the parameters of one’s... See more
Vox • Brands want to be more than your friend. They want community.
Everyone wants community but no one wants to build it
Is it possible to find real community beyond the parameters of one’s consumerist interests?
Work is not something to be balanced against everything else. It’s one of the many buckets in our life, sometimes the most important one if you’re hardwired that way, and something we should figure out how best to integrate with the other areas in a healthy, supportive way.
Infinite Play • Work Life Balance is Impossible
How to Announce New Features - The Creative Marketer
thecreativemarketer.net
must revisit this once in a while, great practical article