The Courage to Connect | Ciaran O'Connor and John Wood, Jr. join Tristan Harris on the Humane Tech Podcast - Braver Angels

The Courage to Connect | Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr. join Tristan Harris on the Humane Tech Podcast

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Tristan Harris is the president and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, a former design ethicist at Google, and the star of The Social Dilemma on Netflix.

He recently hosted Braver Angels leaders Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr. on his podcast, Your Undivided Attention, for a wide-ranging discussion on how we can engage with people whose views we find harmful and dangerous — and how can we design a digital architecture that brings us together, incentivizes empathy, and builds a shared reality.

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