by Donna-Lee Small | Nov 15, 2025 | Blog Post 6 - Economics |
1. Addictions and the Dopamine Economy In our past assignments, “Our Parents Were Right: It was the Damn Phones” and the “YouTube Addiction Scale from India” article, we got a sense of how overconsumption of social media and online platforms intensify dopamine driven...
by Raven-he-they | Nov 15, 2025 | Uncategorized |
Zone 2 Addiction and the Dopamine Economy The Center for Human Tech founder, Tristan Harris, is quoted describing modern technology development as a “race to the bottom of the brainstem”. Technology that is developed with the intention of getting people...
by KimBee | Nov 15, 2025 | Blog Post 6 - Economics, Uncategorized |
This article was definitely a summarization of what we have read, watched, and discussed over prior weeks. Now that it’s time to catergorize and break down each zone, I am able to summarize from a different lens. Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda...
by allisonganz | Nov 15, 2025 | Blog Post 6 - Economics |
Risk Zone 1: Trust, Disinformation, and Propaganda This risk zone focuses on how information can be manipulated or misrepresented through technology. The Center for Humane Technology (CHT) explains that social media platforms are primarily designed to maximize user...
by Ally | Nov 15, 2025 | Blog Post 6 - Economics |
Ethical OS Risk Zones Zone 1: Truth, Disinformation, and Propaganda. In this zone we focus on disinformation and propaganda being spread by technology. In the 2023 article AI in Social Work, it discusses client misdiagnosis due to AI. Misdiagnosing is dangerous for a...
