Tristan Harris is a fascinating guy and I largely agree with the concerns he lays out... but I really wish this article had answered the question posed. A Hippocratic oath for product designers simply won't work; the only reason it works for doctors is because medicine is an extremely gated, controlled, and well-regulated community. Anyone can be a "designer" with an internet connection and a good work ethic, and that's a good thing!<p>So what do we actually do? In a capitalist society, how do we reframe incentives so that information technology isn't used for increasing psychological manipulation? Who would want to accept these new design standards and certifications when there's so much money to be made in making the next addictive application, and incredible amounts of research and data crunching being done to make addictions stronger all the time? I guess this article is a start, if it can shift the culture of consumers in general to pay more attention to these issues, but it's hard for this message to compete with the rush of checking your phone.
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'Tristan Harris, a former product philosopher at Google' .. 'is rallying product designers to adopt a “Hippocratic oath” for software that, he explains, would check the practice of “exposing people’s psychological vulnerabilities” and restore “agency” to users. “There needs to be new ratings, new criteria, new design standards, new certification standards,” he says. “There is a way to design based not on addiction.”'
A fantastic article. One actionable example given for consumers was to turn of notifications/vibrations. Another was to move those subconsciously-addicting apps off your home screen. I'd be interested in seeing a more comprehensive list of those.