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Center For Humane Technology
Technology is hijacking our minds and society.
Our world-class team of deeply concerned former tech insiders and CEOs intimately understands the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our minds.
Since 2013, we’ve raised awareness of the problem within tech companies and for millions of people through broad media attention, convened top industry executives, and advised political leaders. Building on this start, we are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the system.

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“Facebook appeals to your lizard brain — primarily fear and anger,” he said. “And with smartphones, they’ve got you for every waking moment.”

“We are not anti-tech, we are into the appropriate and balanced use of technology. We are calling out the industry for their excesses and their intentional effects to manipulate and addict.”

“The Center for Humane Technology is the latest genesis of former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris, who is also behind the Time Well Spent movement. Harris, who worked at Google until 2016, has made a name for himself as a thought leader encouraging designers to craft apps and services in ways that enhance humanity. He is the executive director and cofounder of the new organization.
Others involved with the organization include Justin Rosenstein, who helped create Facebook’s Like button, and Dave Morin, a former senior platform manager at Facebook.
Meanwhile, Roger McNamee, a founding adviser of the new group, served as a mentor to Mark Zuckerberg in Facebook’s early days. The veteran tech investor told CNN Tech the goal of the organization is to “empower people who are concerned about the dark side of technology.”

Google Chrome 64
“The stable channel has been updated to 64.0.3282.140 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 1 security fix”
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Leaping To Failure
openSUSE Leap 15 Beta has been released. “Leap 15 is expected to use the 4.12 series kernel.”
4.12??? WTH? 4.14 LTS was released in NOVEMBER. Reckon I will be skipping another release.

Off Topic

Nice Commercial But Your Beer Sucks
“Budweiser has fared even worse. Sales of the brand, which have declined each year since 1988, were down 6.8 percent in 2017…In the most recent four-week period, Bud Light volume was down 6.8 percent, according to Nielsen data through Jan. 13. (Coors Light volume was down 3 percent and Miller Lite volume was down 0.6 percent during the same period.)”
Folks with taste buds are finding the answer in craft beer. Dilly Dilly indeed.

related:
The #1 Beer Destination In The World
1. Richmond, Virginia
“From one craft brewery to 22 in less than 10 years, RVA is officially on the map
Beer has blossomed in Richmond, and it’s time we all take notice. As the recently revamped Richmond Beer Trail will tell you, this Southern city is now rich with breweries.”

WooHoo!
Men are more attractive when desired by other women, study finds
“A trait which is often seen in female birds and fish, the idea behind mate copying or The Wedding Ring Effect, is that by already being in a relationship or desired by other women, a man has already proven that they have some desirable characteristics.”

We kinda already knew that didn’t we bros?! Anywho, might wanna share this article with your gal.

I’m So Proud Of You
Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever in the U.S. and Canada
“Facebook’s daily active user base in the U.S. and Canada fell for the first time ever in the fourth quarter, dropping to 184 million from 185 million in the previous quarter.“