Designing Healthy Habits
Nir emphasizes the importance of creating products that encourage healthy habits rather than fostering addiction. He highlights the intersection of technology, psychology, and business as a means to help users engage with products they genuinely want to use. The goal of behavioral design is to facilitate positive change without resorting to unethical practices like addiction, which can arise from poorly designed products.In this clip
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