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WILLS: 12 Reasons Why Social Media Won’t Actually Cause the End of Society

J.D. Wills
WILLS: 12 Reasons Why Social Media Won’t Actually Cause the End of Society
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If you’ve kept up to date with the latest in “woke” entertainment, one documentary you’re probably aware of is The Social Dilemma on Netflix. In this film, early employees from Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Pinterest, Facebook and Google talk about all the ways social media has gone wrong. Notice that no one mentions Netflix as a part of this elite group of “tech enemies.”

In addition to providing the appropriate number of graphics, interviews, and b-roll expected of any documentary, the film also features a sort of mini-movie that explores how each member of a suburban family uses social media. This family of automatons lives under the thumb of Big Tech, or so we’re led to believe.

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