The Social Dilemma

For anybody who has watched "The Social Dilemma" on Netflix this week, this post drills down a bit further into the issues around the influence of social media and AI-driven algorithms on our society, by one of the people in the show.

TLDR;

1. Very smart people invented very smart technology which is now ruining social cohesion.

2. Something should be done.

3. The highly successful business model means nothing will change unless they are forced to.

https://medium.com/swlh/the-mechanics-and-psychology-behind-the-social-dilemma-719d618aa8ce