Tristan Harris has dedicated his career to examining the profound impact major technology platforms have on our daily lives and thought processes, exercising immense influence over our capacity to comprehend the world. As a renowned expert, he has been recognized by TIME Magazine as one of the "Next Leaders Shaping the Future" and by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the "25 People Shaping the World".
As the Co-Founder and President of the Center for Humane Technology, Tristan is driving a transformative shift towards technology that prioritizes the greater good, empowering us to tackle global challenges more effectively. He is also the Co-Host of the popular podcast "Your Undivided Attention", which consistently ranks among the top ten technology podcasts on Apple Podcasts. The podcast delves into the ways in which social media's relentless pursuit of attention is destabilizing society and provides vital insights for envisioning solutions.
Tristan's work has also been featured in the acclaimed Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma", which has reached an estimated 100 million people worldwide and has been streamed in 190 countries in 30 languages. He has briefed heads of state, technology company CEOs, and members of the US Congress, and has mobilized millions of people globally through mainstream media campaigns.
Tristan's fascination with the influences that shape human attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs began during his childhood as a magician. He later explored these themes in Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab and as a Design Ethicist at Google. Following his 2013 viral internal presentation at Google, "A Call to Minimize Distraction & Respect Users' Attention", which highlighted the harms posed by the attention economy, Tristan began to bring these issues to the forefront of public conversation through appearances on 60 Minutes and a TED Talk in 2017.
The profound resonance of his ideas led to the Time Well Spent movement, which sparked product changes at Facebook, Apple, and Google, and laid the groundwork for the launch of the Center for Humane Technology as an independent nonprofit in 2018.
