Instead of studying for my exams, I was burning the midnight oil, waiting for popularity on social media. Lessons from the documentaryThe Social Dilemma is the latest directorial venture by Jeff Orlowski, who previously directed Emmy-award winning documentary Changing Ice about climate change. Weaving a story of a young boy from a typical American family that is easy to connect with, The Social Dilemma uses simple examples to show us how dependent humans have become on social media and the external validation it rewards us with. Anatomy of an appThe Social Dilemma has a simple message -- if we are not paying for a product, then we, humans, are the products. The Social Dilemma poses a lot of questions, the answers to which it does not necessarily have.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 01, 2020 15:22 UTC