The Social Dilemma: Netflix

[appalachiablue]

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- Official Trailer. The Social Dilemma | Netflix. Aug 27, 2020. We tweet, we like, and we share— but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen. More, https://Netflix.com/thesocialdilemma

ABOUT THE SOCIAL DILEMMA: The world has long recognized the positive applications of social media, from its role in empowering protesters to speak out against oppression during the Arab Spring uprisings almost a decade ago, to serving an instrumental role in fighting for equity & justice today. And in 2020, during an astonishing global pandemic, social media has become our lifeline to stay in touch with loved ones, as well as proving to be an asset for mobilizing civil rights protests. But, the system that connects us also invisibly controls us. The collective lack of understanding about how these platforms actually operate has led to hidden and often harmful consequences to society—consequences that are becoming more & more evident over time, and consequences that, the subjects in The Social Dilemma suggest, are an existential threat to humanity.

The film is a powerful exploration of the disproportionate impact that a relatively small number of engineers in Silicon Valley have over the way we think, act, & live our lives. The film deftly tackles an underlying cause of our viral conspiracy theories, teenage mental health issues, rampant misinformation & political polarization, & makes these issues visceral, understandable, & urgent. Through a documentary investigation & entertaining narrative drama, award-winning filmmakers Jeff Orlowski & Larissa Rhodes have once again exposed the invisible in a manner that is both enlightening & harrowing as they disrupt the disrupters by unveiling the hidden machinations behind everyone’s favorite social media & search platforms. The film features compelling interviews with high-profile tech whistleblowers & innovation leaders..

[SheltieLover]

1. Brain hacking link

https://medium.com/@TechWellness/brain-hacking-60-minutes-heres-how-to-have-power-over-your-smartphone-91651480bf9a

[Sherman A1]

2. I started watching a series on brain hacking

On PBS this past week and will have to get back to it.

[SheltieLover]

3. This 60 minutes

Segment is short. I used to play it it in college psych classes I taught. Oh, to watch the lightbulb go off in young students' eyes... 💡💡💡👍

[appalachiablue]

4. Tx for mentioning that on PBS, I'll look for it.

Article with Amderson Cooper and fmr. Google product mgr. Tristan Harris who's in the new Netflix film.

- 'What is "brain hacking"? Tech insiders on why you should care.' CBS News 60 Minutes, April 2017. Silicon Valley is engineering your phone, apps and social media to get you hooked, says a former Google product manager. Anderson Cooper reports. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brain-hacking-tech-insiders-60-minutes/

Tristan Harris: Inadvertently, whether they want to or not, they are shaping the thoughts and feelings and actions of people. They are programming people. There’s always this narrative that technology’s neutral. And it’s up to us to choose how we use it. This is just not true. Anderson Cooper: Technology’s not neutral?

Tristan Harris: It’s not neutral. They want you to use it in particular ways and for long periods of time. Because that’s how they make their money. It’s rare for a tech insider to be so blunt, but Tristan Harris believes someone needs to be. A few years ago he was living the Silicon Valley dream. He dropped out of a master’s program at Stanford University to start a software company. Four years later Google bought him out and hired him as a product manager. It was while working there he started to feel overwhelmed..

[SheltieLover]

6. Ty!

That this is occurring quite deliberately is horrifying to me!

Texting and tweeting are destroying neural pathways in people's brains which were once used for communicating effectively in complete thoughts.

I set out to pick up a fidget spinner for a neighbor's very ADHD child a few years back. Everywhere was sold out of these sensory devices. A fad or something effective that helped kids concentrate? Guessing the latter.

[appalachiablue]

5. TY, I definitely need to brush up on this topic.

[SheltieLover]

7. Yw!

Ty, too for your post!