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For so long as our economy works in that way
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The Social Dilemma

For so long as our economy worksin that way and corporations go unregulated, they're going...

For so long as our economy works
in that way and corporations go unregulated, they're going to continue
to destroy trees, to kill whales, to mine the earth, and to continue
to pull oil out of the ground, even though we know
it is destroying the planet and we know that it's going to leave
a worse world for future generations

Full Transcript

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For so long as our economy works in that way
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and corporations go unregulated,
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they're going to continue to destroy trees,
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to kill whales,
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to mine the earth, and to continue to pull oil out of the ground,
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even though we know it is destroying the planet
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and we know that it's going to leave a worse world for future generations.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
122
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:54
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
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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.
This is short-term thinking - The Social Dilemma 00:11
This is short-term thinking
What's frightening, and what hopefully is the last straw - The Social Dilemma 00:11
What's frightening, and what hopefully is the last stra...
We are more profitable to a corporation - The Social Dilemma 00:10
We are more profitable to a corporation
We're seeing corporations using powerful artificial intelligence - The Social Dilemma 00:13
We're seeing corporations using powerful artificial int...
[static crackles] - The Social Dilemma 00:12
[static crackles]
The idea of humane technology, that's where Silicon Valley got its start. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
The idea of humane technology, that's where Silicon Val...
And we've lost sight of it because it became the cool thing to do, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
And we've lost sight of it because it became the cool t...
Creative things happened on the Internet, and certainly, they do still, - The Social Dilemma 00:12
Creative things happened on the Internet, and certainly, the...
There's gotta be more to it than that." - The Social Dilemma 00:07
There's gotta be more to it than that."
'Cause I think we can change what social media looks like and means. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
'Cause I think we can change what social media looks li...
These are choices that human beings like myself have been making. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
These are choices that human beings like myself have been ma...
[Tristan] And the question now is whether or not we're willing to admit - The Social Dilemma 00:09
[Tristan] And the question now is whether or not we're ...
It's that we built these things, and we have a responsibility to change it. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
It's that we built these things, and we have a responsi...
[Tristan] The attention extraction model - The Social Dilemma 00:06
[Tristan] The attention extraction model
[Tristan] The fabric of a healthy society - The Social Dilemma 00:06
[Tristan] The fabric of a healthy society
[console beeps] - The Social Dilemma 00:12
[console beeps]
We can demand to not be treated as an extractable resource. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
We can demand to not be treated as an extractable resource.
The intention could be: "How do we make the world better?" - The Social Dilemma 00:18
The intention could be: "How do we make the world bette...
It's the critics who are the true optimists - The Social Dilemma 00:04
It's the critics who are the true optimists
It's like the fundamental way that this stuff is designed... - The Social Dilemma 00:05
It's like the fundamental way that this stuff is design...