Tristan Harris

Tristan Harris

Technology Ethics Innovator | Center for Humane Technology Co-Founder

Tristan Harris is an AI Ethics & Governance speaker who has appeared at 8 events including DLD and SXSW 2024, most recently in 2025.

🇺🇸United States10 talks · 8 events · 4 countries5 with video

About

Tristan Harris has emerged as a leading voice examining how technology companies influence human behavior and decision-making on a global scale. His work focuses on the mechanisms through which a small number of tech companies shape the thoughts and actions of billions of users daily, exploring both the challenges and opportunities this presents for society.

Harris addresses critical questions about our relationship with technology, particularly how better technological design could help protect users from distraction and manipulation. His recent focus has expanded to artificial intelligence, where he frames AI as both humanity's greatest test and most significant opportunity.

Through his presentations at major conferences including TED and DLD, he advocates for more ethical approaches to technology development that prioritize human wellbeing over engagement metrics and profit maximization.

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What Tristan Talks About

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How tech companies manipulate user behavior and attention at scale

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Designing technology that protects rather than exploits human psychology

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The ethical implications and societal risks of artificial intelligence development

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Creating humane technology standards for the digital age

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AI as humanity's defining challenge and transformative opportunity

Talks10

Featured Talk

How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day

A handful of people working at a handful of tech companies steer the thoughts of billions of people every day, says design thinker Tristan Harris. From Facebook notifications to Snapstreaks to YouTube autoplays, they're all competing for one thing: your attention. Harris shares how these companies prey on our psychology for their own profit and calls for a design renaissance in which our tech instead encourages us to live out the timeline we want.

TED 2017🇨🇦VancouverApr 2017

More Talks

Tristan Harris on the AI Dilemma

DLD Conference 2024🇩🇪Munich

Featured Session

SXSW 2024🇺🇸AustinMar 2024

Featured Session

SXSW 2023🇺🇸AustinMar 2023

Tristan Harris at Aspen Ideas Festival 2023

Aspen Ideas Festival🇺🇸Aspen

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Mar 2023

Featured Session

Mar 2023
What events has Tristan spoken at?· 9 appearances · 8 events · 2014 to 2025
EventYearLocationTalks
DLD2025🇩🇪Munich, Germany1
SXSW 20242024🇺🇸Austin, United States4
SXSW 20232023🇺🇸Austin, United States10
Aspen Ideas Festival20181
TED 20172017🇨🇦Vancouver, Canada1
TEDxBrussels 20142014🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium1
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