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The Social Dilemma

If something is not a tool,it's demanding things from you

If something is not a tool,
it's demanding things from you

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If something is not a tool, it's demanding things from you.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:19
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
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Movie Summary

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
It's seducing you. It's manipulating you. It wants things from you. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
It's seducing you. It's manipulating you. It wants...
And we've moved away from having a tools-based technology environment - The Social Dilemma 00:09
And we've moved away from having a tools-based technolo...
Social media isn't a tool that's just waiting to be used. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
Social media isn't a tool that's just waiting to b...
It has its own goals, and it has its own means of pursuing them - The Social Dilemma 00:07
It has its own goals, and it has its own means of pursuing t...
[Tim] Rewind a few years ago, I was the... - The Social Dilemma 00:04
[Tim] Rewind a few years ago, I was the...
I was coming home, - The Social Dilemma 00:10
I was coming home,
I was in the pantry, you know, typing away on an e-mail - The Social Dilemma 00:06
I was in the pantry, you know, typing away on an e-mail
I am going to work during the day - The Social Dilemma 00:11
I am going to work during the day
-[notification chimes] -[woman gasps] - The Social Dilemma 00:07
-[notification chimes] -[woman gasps]
I actually had to write myself software to break my addiction to reading Reddit. - The Social Dilemma 00:06
I actually had to write myself software to break my addictio...
-[notifications chime] -[slot machines whir] - The Social Dilemma 00:06
-[notifications chime] -[slot machines whir]
-[notifications chime] -[woman gasps] - The Social Dilemma 00:13
-[notifications chime] -[woman gasps]
Even knowing how these tricks work, I'm still susceptible to them. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
Even knowing how these tricks work, I'm still susceptib...
[notifications chime] - The Social Dilemma 00:09
[notifications chime]
I tried through willpower, just pure willpower... - The Social Dilemma 00:05
I tried through willpower, just pure willpower...
"I'll put down my phone, I'll leave my phone in the car when I get home." - The Social Dilemma 00:12
"I'll put down my phone, I'll leave my phone ...
"Well, I wanna bring my phone in the bedroom." - The Social Dilemma 00:06
"Well, I wanna bring my phone in the bedroom."
Willpower was kind of attempt one, - The Social Dilemma 00:06
Willpower was kind of attempt one,
[announcer] Introducing the Kitchen Safe. The Kitchen Safe is a revolutionary, - The Social Dilemma 00:08
[announcer] Introducing the Kitchen Safe. The Kitchen Safe i...
All David has to do is place those temptations in the Kitchen Safe. - The Social Dilemma 00:16
All David has to do is place those temptations in the Kitche...