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Tristan Harris

Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology

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A former Google design ethicist who campaigns for technology built around human wellbeing rather than attention, and for rules on social media and AI.

Tristan Harris sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-cautious on technology. The profile is close to the middle on religion.

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Where Tristan Harris sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Tristan Harris

Jaron Lanier American computer scientist and tech critic99%Lina Khan American antitrust scholar and former FTC chair99%Jonathan Haidt American social psychologist and author98%Hannah Arendt German-American political theorist, 1906 to 197598%Michael Sandel American political philosopher98%Geoffrey Hinton British-Canadian computer scientist98%Yoshua Bengio Canadian computer scientist97%Neil Postman American media critic, 1931 to 200397%

People furthest from Tristan Harris

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194320%Donald Trump US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present21%Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 195321%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194521%

Political views closest to Tristan Harris

CommunitarianismStresses community bonds, shared values and civic duty over pure individualism.95%LabourismDraws on trade unions and working-class communities to win better wages, rights and…92%Civic republicanismValues citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often…92%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.92%

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