As science and technology continue to advance, one thing stays the same: the limits and blind spots of our mind. Tristan asks how we design our environment and social structures to help us see what we can't see.

Tristan Harris is a design thinker, philosopher and entrepreneur.Tristan co-founded the movement for “Time Well Spent” for technology built to help people spend their time, and their lives, well - not maximize engagement or screen time. Like the Organic food movement changed farming practices and created a new market for safe and healthy food, Time Well Spent aims to change design practices and create a marketplace for technology competing to create net positive contributions to people’s lives. Integrating insights from behavioral economics, psychology and product design, he has taught design workshops around in the world that support Time Well Spent, including the “Empowering Design” methodology.
Tristan was Product Philosopher at Google until 2016, where he studied how technology influences a billion users’ attention, wellbeing and behavior.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx