Why "The Social Dilemma" is the most important documentary of our times
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Essential viewing for everyone.] ARTICLE: Netflix's new docu-drama recruits Silicon Valley whistleblowers to explain why they regret building the likes of Facebook and Twitter and why they might have unwittingly started society's destruction. You don't get a much clearer statement of social media's dangers than an ex-Facebook executive's claim that: "In the shortest time horizon I'm most worried about civil war." Its brilliance lies is in laying bare a vast range of complex problems with compelling clarity. "Social media starts to dig deeper and deeper down into the brain stem and take over kids' sense of self-worth and identity," explains ex-Google employee Tristan Harris. At Stanford University, whose psychology professors teach ways that tech can be used to reprogramme the way your brain works until ...
