Watch the 1998 American psychological science fiction comedy-drama film, "The Truman Show" starring Jim Carrey

Watch the 2020 documentary, "The Social Dilemma," where tech experts sound the alarm on the dangerous human impacts of social networking

You will be given several questions to answer, consider the following:

• Your critical thoughts
• Use as much class material as possible in context
• Make cogent statements based on as much fact as possible when relevant
• Also, share your own thoughts and opinions
• Post on the Discussion Board section of Blackboard

 

Why did you think we are contrasting these two movies for this class at this time?

The attention extraction model is not optimal for humans - you agree?  Why?

Can the Legal profession keep up with Technology?  Yes/no?  Why?

What is GDPR and CCPA?  Why/how are they relevant here in "The Social Dilemma?"

Online, do we all have our own "Truman Shows?"

The former Facebook executive, Chamath mentions "fake, brittle popularity."  What does he mean by this and what are its implications?

Online, if you're not paying for the product, then you ARE the product - you agree?  Is our attention the product?  Examples?

Can the Tech Titans sell "certainty" with great prediction having a tremendous amount of data?  Do they use BIG data well? 

Have the tech titans moved us to addiction and manipulation?  If so, what are these implications?  How might this end?  Does it end well?   What about section 230?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

Explanation Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is on the agenda for both Congress and the Biden administration this yearall the more so after the renewed discussion around technol... View the full answer