08."Social Dilemma" Safety Traps

Coursen’s Corner

English - September 21, 2020 20:28 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MB
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In this week's episode, I’m talking about social media safety traps by providing some of my take-aways from Netflix’s new documentary, “The Social Dilemma.” I talk about some of the take-aways’s offered by host, Tristan Harris (01:20); selling a story vs telling a story (02:26); the rational need to curate content (03:38); how my IG algorithm has me dead to rights (04:28); the more manipulative side of of engagement (05:36); how likes lead to insights (05:45); how social media has perfected the art of inception (08:11); how they prey upon our basic human instincts (09:12) this weeks protective take-away (11:58); my five take-aways from the documentary (14:58).

Show Notes:

Coursen’s Corner is a production of Coursen Security Group

This episode was sponsored by The Safety Trap which is now available for Pre-Order on Amazon

Music, courtesy of Ben Sound

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Relavant Links:

“Facebook knows you better than anyone else” via New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/science/facebook-knows-you-better-than-anyone-else.html

“Facebook whistleblower memo” via BuzzFeed

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo