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[Caleb] And there was an uncomfortability when you went a bit deeper
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The YouTube Effect

And there wasan uncomfortability whenyou went a bit deeper into this specific ideology,...

[Caleb] And there was
an uncomfortability when
you went a bit deeper into this specific ideology, because not only is
it depressing, but it's hateful, That specific rabbit hole, I feel like what it was truly
doing was, it wasn't
radicalizing me, I was already radicalizing
because of how
my life was going

Full Transcript

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[Caleb] And there was an uncomfortability when you went a bit deeper
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into this specific ideology,
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because not only is it depressing, but it's hateful,
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That specific rabbit hole,
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I feel like what it was truly doing was, it wasn't radicalizing me,
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I was already radicalizing because of how my life was going.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:14
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
But it was killing my empathy. It was turning me into a sociopath. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
But it was killing my empathy. It was turning me into a soci...
YouTube is now like a Walmart in a town where there's a Walmart - The YouTube Effect 00:09
YouTube is now like a Walmart in a town where there's a...
Like it's one of the sole organizing destinations. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Like it's one of the sole organizing destinations.
And in the case of the far right, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
And in the case of the far right,
[Natalie] Well, I think a lot of people - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[Natalie] Well, I think a lot of people
Words like racist, misogynistic, - The YouTube Effect 00:11
Words like racist, misogynistic,
Rather, they are facts about the way we are socialized - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Rather, they are facts about the way we are socialized
I'll be honest with you, if I hate anything about Black culture, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
I'll be honest with you, if I hate anything about Black...
[Natalie] I do think in general that people who feel marginalized - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Natalie] I do think in general that people who feel margina...
[Caleb] Then come along the alt right, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
[Caleb] Then come along the alt right,
And then they took many of those Internet nihilists - The YouTube Effect 00:15
And then they took many of those Internet nihilists
You forced me to suffer all my life, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
You forced me to suffer all my life,
[female TV host] An angry and psychologically twisted young man whose public rantings - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[female TV host] An angry and psychologically twisted young ...
[gunshots] - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[gunshots]
A virgin vowing revenge - The YouTube Effect 00:11
A virgin vowing revenge
You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one,
[woman] Aggression, violence and unbridled ambition can't be eliminated - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[woman] Aggression, violence and unbridled ambition can'...
Bad men who do the raping, murdering and warring, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Bad men who do the raping, murdering and warring,
PragerU is an interesting example because - The YouTube Effect 00:07
PragerU is an interesting example because
They very much mimic online course stuff, - The YouTube Effect 00:11
They very much mimic online course stuff,