Tristan Harris
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This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
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| Homepage | https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/ |
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| Release Date | 2020-01-26 |
| Runtime | 1h 34m |
| Directors | Jeff Orlowski, John Behrens, Jonathan Pope, Travis LaSalle, Micah Steele, Corey Crandall |
| Producers | David J. Cornfield, Larissa Rhodes, Ken Grossinger, Bruce Heavin, Lynda Weinman, Laurie Lennard, Shannon O'Leary Joy, Micheline Klagsbrun, Jill Ahrens, Linda A. Cornfield, Ben Renzo, Ryan Ahrens, Heather Reisman, Hallee Adelman, Ivy Herman, Natalie Orfalea, Lou Buglioli, David Boies III, David Stone, Stacey Piculell, Daniel Wright |
| Writers | Vickie Curtis, Davis Coombe, Jeff Orlowski |
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.
— corrcorr