Tristan Harris

And now look for solutions.

your mind has this whole new space of possibilities that opens up.

And so I think one of the things that's really critical to have all of us be in more of a problem-solving posture is to both recognize the problems and be clear-eyed about them, but then to not fall into the sort of fatalism of inevitability, which is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

What is the best step we can take from where we are and not try to filter or dilute the truth, but also stand from agency of what is the world we want to create?

Exactly.

Exactly.

I think that's the deepest kind of hope is to choose to stand from that place, even if we don't know what the solution is yet.

And there's something powerful about that.

It's funny that you say that.

Gratitude is actually a really central part of my life.

And I think it's one of the simplest things that we can do is wake up or when you go to have any meal with anyone just to express what you're grateful for before sitting down.

It's every moment, actually.

I mean, honestly, there's just, there's beauty in every moment.

I feel like actually seeing the world this way, there's more sacredness to every moment because there's just more to appreciate.

So good to be here with you.

So I've always been a technologist.

And eight years ago, on this stage, I was warning about the problems of social media.

And I saw how a lack of clarity around the downsides of that technology and kind of an inability to really confront those consequences led to a totally preventable societal catastrophe.

And I'm here today because I don't want us to make that mistake with AI, and I want us to choose differently.

So at TED, we're often here to dream about the possibles of new technology.