Digitally distracted: how society is impacted by tech

@bsonefeld • ,1 digitally distracted: how society is impacted by
tech Bethany Sonefeld ADW 2019

@bsonefeld • ,2 Hey, hi, hello! ! I’m Bethany. @bsonefeld

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@bsonefeld • Source: PEW Research Center. 2019 % of U.S
adults who own devices 20 75 100% Smartphone Cellphone 35% 81% 96% 62% 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 50 25 0 2018 89% 80% 55% ,6

@bsonefeld • ,7 The average person spends - hours a
day on their phone. Source: New York University, Adam Alter ↗

@bsonefeld • ,8 That can add up to   years
of your life. Source: New York University, Adam Alter ↗

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@bsonefeld • Today: ,15 WHY TECH SUCKS HOW WE CAN
FIX IT Hijacks your mind Creates FOMO Demands your attention Building humane tech Designing a mindful relationship with tech

,16 tech hijacks your mind Why technology sucks

@bsonefeld • ,17 variable rewards schedule of reinforcement where rewards
are received at random based on a behavior

@bsonefeld • ,18 B.F Skinner

@bsonefeld • ,19 The Skinner Box Experiment

@bsonefeld • ,20 Source: Tristan Harris, How Technology is Hijacking
Your Mind, 2016

@bsonefeld • Pull to refresh ,21 Source: Tristan Harris, How
Technology is Hijacking Your Mind, 2016

@bsonefeld • Swiping on dating apps ,22 Source: Tristan Harris,
How Technology is Hijacking Your Mind, 2016

@bsonefeld • Social validation ,23 Source: Tristan Harris, How Technology
is Hijacking Your Mind, 2016

@bsonefeld • ,24 receive variable reward release of dopamine =

@bsonefeld • ,25 sex drugs rock n roll

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@bsonefeld • ,27 bottomless bowls an experience that tricks you
into consuming more by showing in nite options

@bsonefeld • ,28 Brian Wansink

@bsonefeld • Net ix autoplay ,29

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@bsonefeld • Net ix autoplay ,31

@bsonefeld • ,32 YouTube

@bsonefeld • ,33 In nite scroll

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,35 Why technology sucks tech creates FOMO

@bsonefeld • ,36 FOMO fear of missing out

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@bsonefeld • ,39 FOMO in our everyday

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@bsonefeld • ,43 booking.com

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@bsonefeld • ,45 booking Lite booking.com

,46 tech demands your attention Why technology sucks

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@bsonefeld • ,49 Noti cations

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@bsonefeld • ,51 Source: Mozilla Nightly Study, 2019 of noti
cation prompts get accepted by users 3 3%

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@bsonefeld • ,53 Source: An in-situ study of mobile phone
notifications, MobileHCI14’ push noti cations per day. 64 64 An average smart phone user receives

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@bsonefeld • ,56 Modals

@bsonefeld • ,57 Your Screen Here hello world https:// Secure
PUSH THIS BUTTON Info we need: Here’s some more info about why we interruptted what you were doing. Very important message here!

@bsonefeld • ,58 Source: University of Illinois more time to
complete their task at hand 15 15 when external factors interrupt the execution of a primary task, users require %

@bsonefeld • ,59 con rm shaming the act of guilting
a user into opting in to something

@bsonefeld • ,60 delish

@bsonefeld • ,61 Gmail

@bsonefeld • ,62 Esquire

@bsonefeld • ,63 hijacks your mind demands your attention ❗
creates FOMO

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@bsonefeld • ,66 Source: Doreen Dodgen-Magee cycle of dependency

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“ ” @bsonefeld • When your mind is able to
wander, it is accessing memories, emotions and random bits of stored knowledge. - AMY FRIES, PSYCHOLOGIST ,69

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@bsonefeld • ,73 phubbing snubbing someone in a social setting
by looking at your phone instead of paying attention to them

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“ ” @bsonefeld • We don t engage the people
and places surrounding us because we have come to prefer the company of devices that ask so little of us in return. - DOREEN DODGEN-MAGEE ,76

,78 building humane tech

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“ ” @bsonefeld • We re no longer pushing pixels
around. We re building complex systems that touch peoples lives, a ect their personal relationships, and undeniably a ect their mental health. - MIKE MONTEIRO ,80

@bsonefeld • ,81 We need to take responsibility for the
tech we re creating.

@bsonefeld • ,82 1. Create appropriate boundaries 2. Encourage well-being
3. Consider the e ects 4. Don t be an asshole Building humane tech

@bsonefeld • ,84 Slack noti cation preferences

@bsonefeld • ,85 Instagram : All caught up

@bsonefeld • ,86 Load more

@bsonefeld • ,88 Google s Digital Wellbeing

@bsonefeld • ,89 Bumble Snooze

@bsonefeld • ,90 Hinge : Unplugged Day

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,93 Tarot Cards of Tech tarotcardsoftech.artefactgroup.com

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“ ” @bsonefeld • We don t just have to
avoid building harmful technology, we have to actively work to build something positive. - TRISTAN HARRIS ,97

@bsonefeld • ,98 RESPECT

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@bsonefeld • ,100 These humane patterns empower our users to
build healthy habits & relationships with technology.

,101 designing a mindful relationship with tech

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@bsonefeld • Do not Disturb mode ,103

@bsonefeld • Minimizing push noti cations ,104

@bsonefeld • Setting boundaries + being mindful ,105 &

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@bsonefeld • ,107 Source: Doreen Dodgen-Magee cycle of dependency

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“ ” @bsonefeld • The ultimate freedom is a free
mind, and we need technology that s on our team to help us live, feel, think and act freely. - TRISTAN HARRIS ,109

@bsonefeld • ,110 Thanks, y all! Now GTFO your phones.

@bsonefeld • ,111 Resources Center for Humane Technology Podcast: Your
Undivided Attention How Technology is Shaping our Brains Deviced! Balancing Life and   Technology in a Digital World Tristan Harris Doreen Dodgen-Magee

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