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GROWTH HACKERS TRYING TO STEAL YOUR TIME AND CONTROL YOUR LIFE (Friday Church News Notes, October 12, 2018, www.wayoflife.org fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143) - Tristan Harris is “an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities.” He spent three years with Google before founding Time Well Spent, a non-profit initiative that, among other things, aims to catalyze a change among technology companies through “policy recommendations to protect minds from nefarious manipulation.” In “Distracted in 2016? Reboot Your Phone with Mindfulness,” Jan. 27, 2016, Harris suggested seven tips by which individuals can take control of their smartphones. These tips are meant to “minimize compulsive checking and phantom buzzes, minimize fear of missing something important, minimize unconscious.. Read More

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