The Social Dilemma

I could have done without the little reenactment/melodrama about the family getting sucked into their social media sites. But the interviews with the tech gurus about the impact and future of social media is really worthwhile. A lot of it boils down to data mining. We’re being scanned, always, while we’re online and being force-fed information that fulfills our world-view so that we can be marketed to. Is the solution really to give up using your phone and quit reading online content? Or is the solution to seriously crack down on the media and tech giants abusing our membership to their social media thing? It’s a well-made film and a smart presentation of this dilemma.