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The Social Dilemma

When we were making the like button, our entire motivation was, "Can we spreadpositivity...

When we were making the like button, our entire motivation was, "Can we spread
positivity and love in the world?" The idea that, fast-forward to today,
and teens would be getting depressed when they don't have enough likes, or it could be leading
to political polarization was nowhere on our radar

Full Transcript

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When we were making the like button,
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our entire motivation was, "Can we spread positivity and love in the world?"
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The idea that, fast-forward to today, and teens would be getting depressed
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when they don't have enough likes,
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or it could be leading to political polarization
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was nowhere on our radar.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
81
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:56
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.
You could shut down the service and destroy whatever it is-- - The Social Dilemma 00:10
You could shut down the service and destroy whatever it is--
You can make some tweaks, but at the end of the day, - The Social Dilemma 00:08
You can make some tweaks, but at the end of the day,
What I see is a bunch of people who are trapped by a business model, - The Social Dilemma 00:11
What I see is a bunch of people who are trapped by a busines...
I think we need to accept that it's okay - The Social Dilemma 00:05
I think we need to accept that it's okay
What's not okay is when there's no regulation, no rules, - The Social Dilemma 00:09
What's not okay is when there's no regulation, no ...
And then they're saying, "Well, we can regulate ourselves." - The Social Dilemma 00:06
And then they're saying, "Well, we can regulate ou...
Financial incentives kind of run the world, - The Social Dilemma 00:11
Financial incentives kind of run the world,
The phone company has tons of sensitive data about you, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
The phone company has tons of sensitive data about you,
We have almost no laws around digital privacy, for example. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
We have almost no laws around digital privacy, for example.
We could tax data collection and processing - The Social Dilemma 00:09
We could tax data collection and processing
You tax these companies on the data assets that they have. - The Social Dilemma 00:04
You tax these companies on the data assets that they have.
It gives them a fiscal reason - The Social Dilemma 00:06
It gives them a fiscal reason
The law runs way behind on these things, - The Social Dilemma 00:15
The law runs way behind on these things,
Are we always gonna defer to the richest, most powerful people? - The Social Dilemma 00:05
Are we always gonna defer to the richest, most powerful peop...
Or are we ever gonna say, - The Social Dilemma 00:07
Or are we ever gonna say,
There are times when the interests of people, of users, - The Social Dilemma 00:10
There are times when the interests of people, of users,
These markets undermine democracy, and they undermine freedom, - The Social Dilemma 00:08
These markets undermine democracy, and they undermine freedo...
Because they have inevitable destructive consequences. - The Social Dilemma 00:05
Because they have inevitable destructive consequences.
We live in a world - The Social Dilemma 00:10
We live in a world
For so long as our economy works in that way - The Social Dilemma 00:19
For so long as our economy works in that way