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The Social Dilemma

"If you're not paying for the product,then you are the product." A lot of people think,...

The classic saying is: "If you're not paying for the product,
then you are the product." A lot of people think, you know,
"Oh, well, Google's just a search box, and Facebook's just a place to see
what my friends are doing and see their photos." But what they don't realize
is they're competing for your attention

Full Transcript

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The classic saying is:
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"If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."
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A lot of people think, you know, "Oh, well, Google's just a search box,
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and Facebook's just a place to see what my friends are doing
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and see their photos."
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But what they don't realize is they're competing for your attention.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
239
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:16
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
If you're not paying for the product then you are the product - The Social Dilemma 00:06
If you're not paying for the product then you are the...
So, you know, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, - The Social Dilemma 00:10
So, you know, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, YouTub...
Let's figure out how to get as much of this person's attention - The Social Dilemma 00:06
Let's figure out how to get as much of this person'...
[Justin] When you think about how some of these companies work, - The Social Dilemma 00:05
[Justin] When you think about how some of these companies wo...
There are all these services on the Internet that we think of as free, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
There are all these services on the Internet that we think o...
They pay in exchange for showing their ads to us. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
They pay in exchange for showing their ads to us.
We're the product. Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
We're the product. Our attention is the product being s...
It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change - The Social Dilemma 00:07
It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change
There's nothing else on the table that could possibly be called the product. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
There's nothing else on the table that could possibly b...
Changing what you do, - The Social Dilemma 00:05
Changing what you do,
If you can go to somebody and you say, "Give me $10 million, - The Social Dilemma 00:14
If you can go to somebody and you say, "Give me $10 mil...
[Shoshana] This is what every business has always dreamt of: - The Social Dilemma 00:11
[Shoshana] This is what every business has always dreamt of:...
In order to be successful in that business, - The Social Dilemma 00:06
In order to be successful in that business,
Great predictions begin with one imperative: - The Social Dilemma 00:08
Great predictions begin with one imperative:
Many people call this surveillance capitalism, - The Social Dilemma 00:15
Many people call this surveillance capitalism,
And it's a marketplace that trades exclusively in human futures. - The Social Dilemma 00:08
And it's a marketplace that trades exclusively in human...
Just like there are markets that trade in pork belly futures or oil futures. - The Social Dilemma 00:07
Just like there are markets that trade in pork belly futures...
We now have markets that trade in human futures at scale, - The Social Dilemma 00:21
We now have markets that trade in human futures at scale,
[indistinct chatter] - The Social Dilemma 00:12
[indistinct chatter]
Every single action you take is carefully monitored and recorded. - The Social Dilemma 00:06
Every single action you take is carefully monitored and reco...