The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix

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.

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 and 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. However, 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 and more evident over time, and consequences that, the subjects in The Social Dilemma suggest, are an existential threat to humanity.

The Social Dilemma 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, and live our lives. The film deftly tackles an underlying cause of our viral conspiracy theories, teenage mental health issues, rampant misinformation and political polarization, and makes these issues visceral, understandable, and urgent. Through a unique combination of documentary investigation and entertaining narrative drama, award-winning filmmakers Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Ice, Chasing Coral) and Larissa Rhodes (Chasing Coral) have once again exposed the invisible in a manner that is both enlightening and harrowing as they disrupt the disrupters by unveiling the hidden machinations behind everyone’s favorite social media and search platforms.

The film features compelling interviews with high-profile tech whistleblowers and innovation leaders including Tristan Harris of the Center for Humane Technology; the co-inventor of the Facebook “Like” button, Justin Rosenstein; Tim Kendall, former President of Pinterest and former Director of Monetization at Facebook; Cathy O’Neil, author of Weapons of Math Destruction; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy at the AI Now Institute, and many others. Demonstrating how social media affects consumers on a personal level, these fascinating insider insights are seamlessly woven into a captivating narrative, including Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), that illuminates the very real consequences these seemingly innocent technologies can have on our everyday lives.

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The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix

[komalrawat]

"This generation is more anxious and depressed" i actually felt that!

[celesteevans]

When Netflix tries to act like they are not part of it

[leokimvideo]

The scariest part is YouTube never had this as a suggested video to watch. Yeah we all know why don't we

[WhatIsThis-zqhk]

"There is no greater source of wisdom than quotes in YouTube comments." - Abraham Lincoln

[containedhurricane]

If you're not paying for a product, you're the product

[deep.space.]

The problem isn't people don't know they are being tracked and influenced.
The problem is that they don't fxxking care.
Getting people to care, that's the real challenge.

[Justthetruth]

I left social media the day I saw this, and it’s the best decision I ever made

[Blackie]

My teacher played this movie to my class and.... I am overwhelmed. Through this whole time, we were using social medias without knowing its danger.

[tonybologna]

I bet this trailer was recommended to me based on my watch and search history.

[marcoder]

“if something is free, you’re the product”.
Richard Serra

[MrPAPaSMuRF]

I always knew there was something inherently wrong with social media, this documentary brought all of my inner thoughts into focus in the most organized, thoughtful, and moving way. Thank you to the creators and anyone involved in the production of this perfectlyo put together dcumentary.

[euphoricmonk]

“If you don't read the Social media, you're uninformed. If you read the Social media you're mis-informed.” Mark Twain (Modern edition)

[itsgiving]

Netflix is that person that goes to police to report themself

[ershadhussain]

look at us, complaining about social media.. on social media.

[miketheknight]

Netflix be like: Find out how the internet and social media manipulates and controls your spending and actions for just a basic subscription of $8.99 a month!

[jadelahmad]

This is rarely talked about in society, people don't want to acknowledge that they're constantly receiving unnatural levels of stimulation leading them to be unable to focus on tasks that demand focus and delayed gratification. We all need to recalibrate our brain! Particularly those born into technology...

[Pseudoplaydo]

We're not completely clueless. "a lot of people don't know" - they do. They just dont care. We "figured this out" years ago. People just dont have the foresight to see the implications, even after explained to them. This docu is about 10 years late for most everyone, and 20 years late for a few.

[naveenisreal]

Why do i feel i like I’m being watched while typing this comment ?

[Athelstan_lothbrok]

Personally, i got enlightend in some way by this documentary.

It explains so much about my past behaviours and my depression when i was 20. Im very thankful, netflix managed to publish this and for the honest interviews in there. All the best for the ones, who has the position or impact to fight for humanity and a stable society.

My mission is to gain back control over my own life by not getting used by technologie, but to work with it like it should be used. Like playing an instrument or by seeing it as an extension of our brain.

[amanjain]

after viewing this movie i googled 10 random things everyday to confuse them.