Addiction to social media

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 * Dutch: Verslaafd aan sociale media

Introduction

 * The best psychologists in the world are thinking about how to make people addicted. See YouTube for more info.
 * The red numbers that pop-up in the application icon when you have a new message trigger the warning mechanism of your monkey brain.
 * Whatsapp added the blue double ticks so you can see when somebody red your message.

On our mind

 * Should governments make regulations to make these apps less addictive?

More info
In the following TED-talk from 2017 Tristan Harris explains which tricks tech companies use to capture your attention.

https://www.ted.com/talks/tristan_harris_the_manipulative_tricks_tech_companies_use_to_capture_your_attention?referrer=playlist-curator_s_picks_top_10_ted_talks_of_2017#t-265926

According to Tristan the human architecture is limited. We have certain bounderies of our lives that we want to be honoured and respected and technology could help do that. Technology is now focussing on your lizard brain to let you make impulsive decisions. Technology could also help you to make decisions that are good in your live. The problem is the system that pushes Facebook and Google to be interesting for advertisers. These technology companies earn money when their users get addicated.