"A control room with bunch of people, a hundred people, hunched over a desk with little dials and that control room will shape the thoughts and feelings of a billion people" - This is what internet based networking sites, news portals & streaming sites are doing right now.

Social Dilemma at Netflix talks about how internet companies are controlling human mind and behavior across the globe to maximize their financial benefits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

They are

- damaging our mind and society

- causing an increase in cases of suicide & depression among the children and teenagers

- creating a hard difference of opinion among the humanity on political & social issues resulting in civil wars or economic collapse in near future

Looks like people like us who are helping these big companies to develop a better UI interface or a backend to attract user& #39;s attention are the "Tobacco Farmers" in T-Shirts selling addictive products to our own children.

I don& #39;t do netflix, but I subscribed for 1m just to watch "Social Dilemma".

Following are recommended as well:

"Brain Hacking" by HBO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML55uumQgzA

TED">https://www.youtube.com/watch... Talk by Tristan Harris https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_how_a_handful_of_tech_companies_control_billions_of_minds_every_day

Presentation">https://www.ted.com/talks/tri... by Tristan Harris http://www.minimizedistraction.com/ ">https://www.minimizedistraction.com/">...

The 3 books in the title photo of this thread (Deep Work/ Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport & Anxiety by @guptasonali) have helped me to understand the topic further.