The Social Dilemma

Watch: The Social Dilemma

Unrated

1/26/20201h 34m

Premiere Release (US)

~ The technology that connects us also controls us. ~

Overview:

This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.

Director:

Jeff Orlowski

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

artificial intelligence (a.i.)
technology
silicon valley
high tech surveillance
internet
big corporation
media manipulation
social network
teen suicide
low self esteem
social media
internet culture
commercialism
internet addiction
social isolation
self-harm
advertising campaign
advertising model
late stage capitalism
machine learning
media addiction
algorithm
societal collapse
smartphone
surveillance capitalism

Cast

Tristan Harris

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Jeff Seibert

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Bailey Richardson

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Joe Toscano

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Sandy Parakilas

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Guillaume Chaslot

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Lynn Fox

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Aza Raskin

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Alex Roetter

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Tim Kendall

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Reviews (1)

corrcorr
Written 4 year(s) ago
5
This documentary thinks it's real cute. You may learn a thing or two, but a lot of the time it feels manipulative and self-righteous.

I wish that, instead of portraying the mechanisms of ad-targeting as some kind of sci-fi super villain, they would have shown what truly goes on in the offices of google, facebook, and the like. The evils of manipulating human attention do not need to be sensationalized to look like something out of Tron or Blade Runner. Why not film the actual computer screens that are spitting back data about users of these platforms? Perhaps internet giants would not let cameras behind the scenes.

Anyhow, this film has a noble goal but comes across as more dime-a-dozen infotainment that Netflix has pumped out many times before. Maybe if it did not treat its viewers as though they were brain dead I would have enjoyed it more. Show it to your tik tok friends who could lose a staring contest with a squirrel, as that is likely who this documentary is targeted for.