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In November 2017, at an Axios event, Sean Parker, ex-president of Facebook, in a rare...

In November 2017, at an Axios event, Sean Parker, ex-president of Facebook, in a rare interview, broke his silence and spoke about how they manipulated us all along into becoming behaviorally addicted to their products

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In November 2017, at an Axios event,
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Sean Parker, ex-president of Facebook,
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in a rare interview, broke his silence
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and spoke about how they manipulated us all along
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into becoming behaviorally addicted to their products.
Duration
16 seconds
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96
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:57
Uploaded
May 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.
- 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
- Right, I was in the video gaming and advertising industry, - Screened Out 00:08
- Right, I was in the video gaming and advertising industry,
And so I kinda put these lessons I had gleaned - Screened Out 00:22
And so I kinda put these lessons I had gleaned
The core of products that keep you coming back, - Screened Out 00:05
The core of products that keep you coming back,
It's a four-step process that goes from a trigger, - Screened Out 00:07
It's a four-step process that goes from a trigger,
And it's through successive cycles through these hooks - Screened Out 00:08
And it's through successive cycles through these hooks
There's these external triggers, like a notification, - Screened Out 00:11
There's these external triggers, like a notification,
And so what we find is that tech companies are in a race - Screened Out 00:11
And so what we find is that tech companies are in a race