'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia

[umbertino]

 

Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks alarmed by a race for human attention

 

 

Friday 6 October 2017 06.00 BST

 

by Paul Lewis in San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia

[Jim1cor13]

It appears everyone today wants their 15 minutes of fame

 

As far as minds being hijacked, that happened a very long time ago,

long before social media.

 

Thanks Umbert 

[umbertino]

4 hours ago, Jim1cor13 said:

It appears everyone today wants their 15 minutes of fame

 

As far as minds being hijacked, that happened a very long time ago,

long before social media.

 

Thanks Umbert 

 

True and true, me thinks...Ciao Jim....