6min chapter

Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta cover image

Peter Wang - The Predatory Infinite Feed

Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta

CHAPTER

The Function of Benevolent Paternalism

There is a function for a certain type of benevolent paternalism in the sense of almost like nudge theory. I think if so many people were not making money from them, it would be easier for those people to acknowledge that they are predatory. The right approach pragmatically would be to build either templates and guidelines for, hey, look, if you're building an app and you don't want it to hurt your users because you're not a psychopath, here are things you can do to just don't do these default things as a software developer. It's amazing how simple this is. This is the danger of when we have such capable technologies, people who don't have to think about those

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode