Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology | Technology Ethicist
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Tristan Harris
Co-Founder, Center for Humane Technology | Technology Ethicist
At-a-Glance
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Humane Technology since 2018.
Co-founded the Time Well Spent movement in 2014, which later became the Center for Humane Technology.
Appeared in the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma," discussing social media's impact on mental health and behavior.
Host of the "Your Undivided Attention" podcast since 2019.
Authored "A Call to Minimize Distraction & Respect Users’ Attention" at Google in 2013, influencing internal discussions on tech responsibility.
Coined the phrase "human downgrading" in 2019 to describe the interconnected harms of digital technologies.
Studied computer science at Stanford University, focusing on human-computer interaction.
Biography
Tristan Harris is an American technology ethicist and the executive director and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology (CHT). CHT is a non-profit organization dedicated to re-aligning technology with humanity's best interests.
