Notifications and the Attention Economy

Published: July 16, 2015, 2:32 a.m.

This episode is in two parts. First, highlights from a discussion on the future of digital notifications with speakers such as Huffington Post CTO Otto Toth, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering professor Dana Karwas, New York Times Executive Director of R&D Matt Boggie, Backchannel journalist and author Steven Levy, and BuzzFeed News product lead Noah Chestnut. Then, a conversation with Tristan Harris, a design thinker, philosopher and entrepreneur focused on how the design of technology products influences user behavior, attention and well-being.