2020 · documentary · drama · robot
The Social Dilemma
Directed by Jeff Orlowski1h 34m2020
This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Our read: The Social Dilemma (2020) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive documentary · drama · robot entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured documentary / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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How The Social Dilemma feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a sobering primer on how feeds hijack attention and why everyone feels manipulated.”
Skip it tonight — Documentary anxiety about phones will feel preachy when you just want escapism.
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