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Update:

I received an unusually late letter acknowledgement today.

The link is: https://medium.com/@richardnfreed/the-tech-industrys-psychological-war-on-kids-c452870464ce

Persuasive technology is not a new thing.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking. George S. Patton

Someone wasn’t thinking when they came up with this idea.

On the same day I see the Erie Times-News article about esports and SmashErie I read in http://www.medium.com about Persuasive Technology and the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab.

…“a discipline in which digital machines and apps — including smartphones, social media, and video games — are configured to alter human thoughts and behaviors.”

A few more quotes from the extensive article:

…deliberately creating digital environments that users feel fulfill their basic human drives…better than real-world alternatives.

…Dopamine Labs boasts “Connect your app to our Persuasive AI [Artificial Intelligence] and lift your engagement and revenue up to 30% … it’s proven to re-wire user behavior and habits.”

…Facebook president Sean Parker – “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?”…Facebook exploits “vulnerability in human psychology” and remarked, “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains.”

…Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook VP says “We want to psychologically figure out how to manipulate you as fast as possible and then give you back that dopamine hit.”

The ET-N article mentions universities are creating esports teams. Why persuade students to engage in potentially obsessive behavior? Why a Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab? Now we know.

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