The Social Dilemma - Part 1

In this first part of our three part series on the Social Dilemma Netflix film, Dr. Tim Scarfe, Yannic "Lightspeed" Kilcher and Zak Jost gang up with Cybersecurity expert Andy Smith. We give you our take on the film. We are super excited to get your feedback on this one! Hope you enjoy. 

00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:11 Moral hypocrisy  

00:12:38 Road to hell is paved with good intentions, attention economy

00:15:04 They know everything about you

00:18:02 Addiction

00:21:22 Differential realities

00:26:12 Self determination and Monetisation

00:29:08 AI: Overwhelm human strengths undermine human vulnerabilities

00:31:51 Conspiracy theory / fake news

00:34:23 Overton window / polarisation

00:39:12 Short attention span / convergent behaviour

00:41:26 Is social media good for you

00:45:17 Your attention time is linear, the things you can pay attention to are a volume, anonymity 

00:51:32 Andy question on security: social engineering

00:56:32 Is it a security risk having your information in social media

00:58:02 Retrospective judgement

01:03:06 Free speech and censorship 

01:06:06 Technology accelerator