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The Social Dilemma

September 9, 2020 · Netflix · Read the original ↗

Jeff Orlowski's documentary put the engineers who built the attention economy on camera to describe, in their own words, how the systems are designed to keep eyes down and feeds scrolling. It became the most shared screen-time conversation piece in the world.

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The insiders' own testimony: the pull downward is engineered, not accidental. Which means the counter-move has to be designed too — that's the Lift.
The Look Up View: AGREE
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Insider testimony, edited for drama — discount the dramatization, keep the admission: the pull downward is designed, so the counter-move has to be designed too.
●●●  Association — pattern, not proof of cause · For: Everyone
☀ Use it — Family movie night with a purpose: watch it together, then set one household rule while its argument is still warm.

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