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Newest Reality

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Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:08 AM Oct 2020

The Social Dilemma Official Trailer Netflix [View all]

I have seen this and consider to be peeling back some layers about our Internet usage and, in particular, social media. It is an eye opener if you are not already cognizant about the intentions and motivations for these platforms.

Like they say, if you aren't paying for the product, you ARE the product. If anything, this documentary can increase awareness and stimulate some vital discussion about what's going on.

Are we on a form of cyber-crack? Are the tech giants deliberately pumping a form of home page heroin into us and our cultures? The the amalgamation of vast amounts of collected data, combined with increasingly accurate and complex algorithms, allow for predictions that will only make the medium more addictive, predictive and manipulative.

What are we being lead to believe and how much is it tailored to our likes? Should we put the brakes on?

The Social Dilemma | Official Trailer | Netflix

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I watched it Monday night. mantis49 Oct 2020 #1
A must see. GemDigger Oct 2020 #2
Thanks. I will check it out. Newest Reality Oct 2020 #3
Extinction Level Event made more likely moof Oct 2020 #4
Thanks. Newest Reality Oct 2020 #5
Surveillance Capitalism. sarcasmo Oct 2020 #6
while Surveillance Capitalism is a social dilemma issue, moof Oct 2020 #7
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