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If you made those machines (unsettling music) such that you knew when you would be getting...

If you made those machines (unsettling music) such that you knew when you would be getting rewards and you'd get small, drip-fed doses of rewards, people would stop playing

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If you made those machines (unsettling music)
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such that you knew when you would be getting rewards
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and you'd get small, drip-fed doses of rewards,
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people would stop playing.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:54
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.
So it started with these slot machines, - Screened Out 00:06
So it started with these slot machines,
And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy - Screened Out 00:08
And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy
- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices - Screened Out 00:07
- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices
Every like, bit of information, or message is the payoff. - Screened Out 00:06
Every like, bit of information, or message is the payoff.
A basic behavioral loop that we are stuck in endlessly. - Screened Out 00:05
A basic behavioral loop that we are stuck in endlessly.
Some apps, social networks, and game companies - Screened Out 00:08
Some apps, social networks, and game companies
In November 2017, at an Axios event, - Screened Out 00:16
In November 2017, at an Axios event,
- That thought process was all about how do we consume - Screened Out 00:09
- That thought process was all about how do we consume
And that means that we need to sort of give you - Screened Out 00:17
And that means that we need to sort of give you
They're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. - Screened Out 00:06
They're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.
The inventors/creators - Screened Out 00:10
The inventors/creators
Investors and contributors who helped create these products - Screened Out 00:07
Investors and contributors who helped create these products
It seemed as though Silicon Valley was growing a conscience. - Screened Out 00:04
It seemed as though Silicon Valley was growing a conscience.
Another early ex-senior executive of Facebook, - Screened Out 00:12
Another early ex-senior executive of Facebook,
- We wanna psychologically figure out - Screened Out 00:07
- We wanna psychologically figure out
We did that brilliantly at Facebook, - Screened Out 00:08
We did that brilliantly at Facebook,
We have created tools that are ripping apart - Screened Out 00:06
We have created tools that are ripping apart
- [Jon] Even the inventor of the Like button - Screened Out 00:06
- [Jon] Even the inventor of the Like button
- My name is Nir Eyal, and, a few years ago, - Screened Out 00:09
- My name is Nir Eyal, and, a few years ago,
He shed some light on how companies are brain-hacking - Screened Out 00:06
He shed some light on how companies are brain-hacking