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#71 — What Is Technology Doing to Us?

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Economy Isn't Ranking Things

There's an app called Moment on iOS that tracks how much time you spend in different apps. And we have the data back that people regret the time they spend in Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and WeChat the most. The irony is that being ranked first in regret is probably as accurate a measure as any of the success of your app. Well, and this is why the economy isn't ranking things or aligning things with what we actually want.

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