The Social Dilemma

Questions for “The Social Dilemma”1. At the beginning of the film the following quote is presented: “Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.” Who originally said this and how does it apply to the subject matter of this film?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.2. Plastic surgeons have coined a new term “Snapchat dysmorphia.” What does this term mean?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.3. According to Edward Tufte, the “only two industries that call their customers ‘users’” are: _________ and ____________ .Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.4. During a presentation by Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist for Google, in a Stanford campus auditorium (with Steve Wozniak in the audience checking his iPhone before the presentation begins) he describes a moment in time which he characterizes as “checkmate on humanity.” What happened at this moment and explain to what the term refers.Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.5. There has been a growing polarization of society – e.g., along political lines – that many social psychology experts attribute to the rise of social media during this period. How can the rise of social media use contribute to the political polarization of our society?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.6. What is “Pizzagate” in the social media world and how is it related to an actual pizza restaurant in DC?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.7. What does Roger McNamee and others suggest is the danger of Facebook being controlled by a dictator or authoritarian such as Myanmar (formerly Burma)?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.8. What countries in the world in the last few years are being targeted by bad actors (bad people) who are attempting to destabilize those countries’ democracies?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.9. Cathy O’Neill, PhD and data scientist argues that Mark Zuckerberg and others’ claims that to solve the problem of social media being used to infiltrate truthful news service and government elections artificial intelligence (AI) we need to build more AI tools is “a lie.” Why does she make this argument?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.10. According to Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist for Google, what is the existential threat to society from social media?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.11. At the end of the film, as the credits start rolling, several of the experts we’ve seen during the film give several pieces of advice for how we can protect ourselves from being influenced in deceptive ways by social media?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.12. What issue did Google’s design ethicist Tristan Harris bring to the forefront within the company in 2006?Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.13. According to Aza Raskin, former employee of Firefox and Mozilla, and Justin Rosenstein, former Engineer of Facebook and Google, the business model for social media include the fact that , ____________ are the customers and ___________ is(are) the thing(s) being sold.Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.14. Tristan Harris, Former Design Ethicist for Google has coined a term “surveillance capitalism.” Explain what he means by that.Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.15. According to Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist for Google, large social media companies have 3 main goals. List the 3 main goals and explain each.Double click on this sentence and replace it with your response.16. Tristan Harris, former Design Ethicist for Google uses the term “growth hacking.” What does this term refer to?