If You Liked ‘the Social Dilemma’ Here Are 4 Podcasts to Listen to

Find out how technology is subtly manipulating you without you even being aware of it through the discussions in these podcasts

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Last year, Netflix released a documentary called the The Social Dilemma.

It shines a light on how social media apps and services are tuned in a way to ensure you are always hooked on to these platforms. The documentary has insights from several Silicon Valley veteran engineers who worked on these very products and how they have now come to regret it.

Be it the founder of infinite scrolling or a former Google Ethicist or the growth directors at Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and so on, everyone pulls the curtain to tell you what goes on behind the scenes.

If you liked that documentary and would like to continue to learn more about the ill-effects of how social media and technology manipulation works, here are a list of four podcasts that you must bookmark.

Your Undivided Attention

This podcast is hosted by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin — both of them feature in The Social Dilemma.

They are also founders of the ‘Centre for Humane Technology’ and are proponents…

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