Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it’s doing to our children’s brains”

News Report · Mike Allen / Axios · November 9, 2017

Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.”

It's a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.

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Parker retrospectively described maximizing attention and said creators understood the psychological mechanism consciously. He also said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.” Supports Parker’s 2017 remarks, not an official Facebook design record or scientific proof of child-brain injury.

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