While we need to be having conversations about the long-term effects on society of apps like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter — maybe it’s best we have those conversations in analog.
The movie sheds light on the sneaky and manipulative ways these social media websites and apps keep us addicted — and divided.
What does the haunting doc The Social Dilemma really reveal?
As Harris points out in The Social Dilemma, humans evolved as a species to be social, and to care what our “tribe” thinks — but we did not evolve to take in “10,000” different opinions from all over the world.
The Social Dilemma also points to a huge issue on social media these days: fake news.
This means that social media apps have no incentive to tell the truth — or to show users anything outside of their political bubble.