Why become a social animal

Spencer 2022-03-24 09:02:27

The original intention of the birth of the Internet is to create a better world. It is the nature of capital to pursue profit, and there is a lack of relevant legal norms. The wild development along the way has become a caged bird unconsciously. The inherent contradiction of capitalism, capitalism is promoting The rapid development of productive forces is also accumulating the power of their own negation, and once it erupts, it will cause great destruction. We are called users and software has become a mental drug. Human society has attracted a lot of attention by software, which affects family and work. The whole society is surrounded by it. Our biggest enemy is no longer beasts, wars, and viruses. . It is the supercomputer created by ourselves that uses the free advertising-paid business model combined with the intelligent deep learning algorithm to make us unable to extricate ourselves and fall into various information cocoons without knowing it. Disrupting democracy by replacing the state with the enterprise, no one is innocent under the Matthew effect, and all shareholder and manager rewards do not allow themselves to defeat themselves, they can only accept the moment of sudden demise. The information in this world no longer reminds us of our true feelings and meaningful values. Through the business model of the media, the final value is directed to another world. The market cannot meet the needs of consumers, and even the market will never meet them. Anyone's needs have nothing to do with reality, some are only phenomena. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the increasingly empty heart. The values ​​of all people are distorted, we are alienated at work, and in reality, even the time we have is subtly alienated. Our values ​​are defined, and we are social animals to some extent.

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  • Eryn 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    truth is boring //The tree is shady but bears poisonous fruit. The problem must be found at the root. //Utopia and destruction coexist, the key point to solve the problem is that everyone knows that it is not as simple as uninstalling all social media software. Of course, we don't want human beings to die and the world is divided, but who wants to destroy utopia?//Don't underestimate human beings, don't " Idealizing the "collective consciousness" // Could it be said to be another way of competing for attention? //Why do I always think of last year's documentary "2040" when I watch it

  • Ellen 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    The presupposition in the first half is simply too obvious, it feels like a promotional video of the Anti-Internet Addiction Center. Since the title of the film is called Dilemma, it should at least look at the problem dialectically. The design of all social media algorithms is indeed designed to cater to the public psychology. But isn't that what design itself is? Product packaging, posters, including film and television, are created to cater to emotional needs. The film made by Netflix, and the distribution and circulation of the film, all use the communication channel of "opposition" to the film itself. The same design logic is used, including its own algorithm. This is the real dilemma. The solution is not as simple as delete and disconnect as emphasized in the movie. The biggest selling point of this film is that it sells anxiety. Netflix's documentaries have this problem, awareness is greater than action. The same is true of the previous tiger king, except for the eyeballs, the big cats are not all kept in cages.

The Social Dilemma quotes

  • Self - Founding Father of Virtual Reality: It's the critics who are the true optimists.

  • Tristan Harris - Google, Former Design Ethicist: If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product.