In Palihapitiya’s talk, he highlighted something most of us know but few really appreciate: smartphones and the social media platforms they support are turning us into bona fide addicts. “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works,” he explained.
He was responding to a question about his involvement in exploiting consumer behavior. “I feel tremendous guilt,” admitted Chamath Palihapitiya, former Vice President of User Growth at Facebook, to an audience of Stanford students.
