#2 - Computers as Persuasive Technologies (Captology) and the Infinite Scroll - Gabe & Ben

Gabe & Ben rabbit hole various topics from the fall of Kodak and Blockbuster in the digital media revolution, third wave societal change in global consciousness and decentralization, understanding our psyche, biases and neuro-wiring to combat against captology, internet accessibility varying across the world and the widening wealth gap, using technology to solve world poverty and contributing to the UN sustainability goals.

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Show Notes: 00:00 - Captology is taking off 00:27 - 'The Internet is NOT the answer' 02:04 - Innovation labs is not where innovation happens 07:55 - Will robots actually take our jobs? 10:48 - Elon Musk and the Gigafactory 15:21 - Everything in the world is changing 17:11 - Humans as products and behavioural science 23:26 - Lazy factor and the infinite scroll 27:31 - Habit hacking to control technology 34:11 - Captology, algorithms and smart homes 36:20 - Using technology to solve world problems 39:04 - Algorithms are based on gambling machines 40:02 - Dark Mode stories from the community

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