"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.

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's attention are the "Tobacco Farmers" in T-Shirts selling addictive products to our own children.

I don't do netflix, but I subscribed for 1m just to watch "Social Dilemma".

Following are recommended as well:

"Brain Hacking" by HBO

TED Talk by Tristan Harris https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_how_a_handful_of_tech_companies_control_billions_of_minds_every_day

Presentation by Tristan Harris http://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.