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His name is Tristan Harris, a former start-up founder and Google engineer who deviated from his well-worn path through the world of tech to become something decidedly rarer in this closed world: a whistleblower.
“This thing is a slot machine,” Harris says early in the interview while holding up his smartphone.
“How is that a slot machine?” Cooper ask
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five seconds of footage, a mini-movie. In his old dorm room Wong had struck one-hit viral gold, but these days YouTube felt like a place where dedicated posting could bring in dedicated audiences. YouTube’s algorithms and money could reward the time and energy sunk into their mini-movies—at least for now.
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New experiments in publishing
ystrickler.comDigital platforms are largely devoted to making users consume more, faster—think of TikTok’s frenetic “For You” feed or Spotify’s automated playlists. Curators slow down the unending scroll and provide their followers with a way of savoring culture, rather than just inhaling it, developing a sense of appreciation