Uploaded November 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
"Never before has a handful of people working at a tech companies been able to steer the thoughts and feelings of a billion people." - Tristan Harris
EPISODE 4 OUT NOW: youtu.be/sYJ_0QqU8cs
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 ow.ly/rt5IE
We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. A new episode will be released every Friday for the next six weeks.
This week we explore Facebook's impact on society – how it's changed mass grief and other social norms. Many thanks to Zeynep Tufekci, Amber Westerholm-Smyth and Makenna for their contributions to this episode.
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
This mini-series was created by:
Vanessa Hill - Director, Presenter, Co-Producer
Margie Bryant - Producer
Aline Jacques - Post Producer
Bahar Gholipour - Associate Producer
Dominique Taylor - Editor
Stephen Boyle - Legal and Business Affairs
James Hutson - Animator
Field Producers - Bahar Gholipour, Georgia Quinn, Mehrnaz Farahmand
Crew - Finn Boyle-Moore, Jacques Lang, Tim Oxford, Trace Dominquez, Alex Rapine, Andy Kulikowski, Angelina Bruno
John Hresc - Sound Mix
Andrew Arbuthnot - Investment Manager, Screen Australia
Adam Dylewski - Programming Director, PBS Digital Studios
"Never before has a handful of people working at a tech companies been able to steer the thoughts and feelings of a billion people." - Tristan Harris
EPISODE 4 OUT NOW: youtu.be/sYJ_0QqU8cs
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 ow.ly/rt5IE
We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. A new episode will be released every Friday for the next six weeks.
This week we explore Facebook's impact on society – how it's changed mass grief and other social norms. Many thanks to Zeynep Tufekci, Amber Westerholm-Smyth and Makenna for their contributions to this episode.
BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
This mini-series was created by:
Vanessa Hill - Director, Presenter, Co-Producer
Margie Bryant - Producer
Aline Jacques - Post Producer
Bahar Gholipour - Associate Producer
Dominique Taylor - Editor
Stephen Boyle - Legal and Business Affairs
James Hutson - Animator
Field Producers - Bahar Gholipour, Georgia Quinn, Mehrnaz Farahmand
Crew - Finn Boyle-Moore, Jacques Lang, Tim Oxford, Trace Dominquez, Alex Rapine, Andy Kulikowski, Angelina Bruno
John Hresc - Sound Mix
Andrew Arbuthnot - Investment Manager, Screen Australia
Adam Dylewski - Programming Director, PBS Digital Studios
