I'm watching this movie - The Social Dilemma. It looks at the social impact of a world that is surrounded by social media, and how it skews/changes human experience.
WELL worth watching.
The film is spit into 2 parts:
- In the first part, the mechanics of the Social Media Technologies are explained in great detail. The methods by which kids (and many adults) are sucked into near-constant engagement with these platforms is chilling.
- In the second part, the film seems to lean towards the idea that the situation will be better if the technologies - somehow, it's not spelled out HOW - can get the public to agree on a common set of "facts". The film not-so subtly leans towards the idea that the Wrong Propaganda is the media of the Right - or, as it should be called, the Not-Left. A young man is seen getting sucked into Extreme Politics (for the Left, a synonym for those who don't fall into line with their beliefs).
What solutions does the film come up with?
- Heavy-handed oversight/censorship of the platforms
- Taxing the advertisers (no sense that corporations will NEVER pay those taxes, but will find a way to offload the tax to the general public).
The Corporations are made the enemy in the conclusions. No mention is ever made of the use of social media by non-profits, political organizations, and activists. So, the film is not without flaws - a lot of them. But the earely part still makes the film worth viewing.
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