Sometimes it seems we're living in a world where nearly everything is competing for our attention. Matthijs will talk about the impact of this "attention economy" on society. And how important it is that we, as designers and developers, stop and think about how we can make a positive impact on peoples' lives. Matthijs is a local Antwerp UXer who most recently co-founded digital think tank Dear Tech.

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attention
economy
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2. “I just spent 2 hours on facebook and I
feel so balanced and energized”
Said no one ever.
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4. “Your smartphone is
a slotmachine.”
Simon Sinek
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“Tinder keeps
you single”
Common sense.

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11. “The greatest danger in technology
isn’t that machines will begin to think
like people, but that people will begin
to think like robots.”
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Unknown source.

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13. “Technology is
just a tool.”
Bill Gates
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Tony Fadell — former Apple VP, Nest co-founder Chamath Palihapitiya — former facebook executive

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16. Humanetech
humanetech.com
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17. Provenance
provenance.org
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18. For Good
for-good.be
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19. Die with me
diewithme.online
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20. ,Dear Tech

21. “Dear Tech,
is a collective that empowers people to
play an active role, in shaping our
digital future.”
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22. “We believe technology, when done
right, can make us more human than
ever and contains the promise of a
utopia on earth.”
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23. Projects
Collective
Research
Awareness
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24. deartech.org
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