“The Social Dilemma” Dilemma
I don’t buy it. “The Social Dilemma” is not as revolutionary and inclusive as it could be.
So yes, watch it — it does open our eyes even more about what is used from us when we use social media and the effects on reshaping our society. I am glad there are more documentaries and open discussions about this.
And let’s be critical too: this is mostly cis white men* confessing that they made terrible decisions at dominant tech companies for years and that it fucked everyone else in the world.
Yet, their answer is, “WE need to fix this.”
NOPE.
YOU SIT DOWN.
YOU SHUT UP.
And you give (some of) the extravagant money you earned (by doing badly) to under respected communities who will do better than you because they were already doing better than you.
By now, we should comprehend that collectiveness is the answer.
They should explore why they feel some discomfort about being led by Black, Native Americans, People of Color, Queer, Trans, Gender nonconforming folks, people with disabilities.
“… the solution is to build more AI tools [reminder: to fix the problems we create with AI tools],” says Zuckerberg in the documentary.
