# Professor Adam Alter offers perspective on the intrusive power of technology in today's society

1 Faculty News September 22, 2018 ![HuffPost logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huff%20post%20feature.jpg?itok=3JhlPPPI)>

Excerpt from [HuffPost](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/turning-off-phone-notifications_uk_5b891cbae4b0cf7b0034aafd) -- "We give our phones immense power when we allow them to nudge us with updates throughout the day,' Professor Adam Alter from New York University, who has done research in this area, tells me. 'We’d never give the same power to another person - imagine telling someone that you’re happy for them to tap you on the shoulder every few minutes. Our phones are just as intrusive, and we give them that power.'"

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