Technology has changed the way we think and interact with one another, and social media platforms are intentionally engineered to be addictive and manipulative. Those messages are in the documentary “The Social Dilemma,” which was created by Jeff Orlowski‘s filmmaking company Exposure Labs. “Big social,” says Orlowski, is transforming our information ecosystem. He tells Vivian Schiller, executive director of Aspen Digital, that an unregulated social media landscape cannot co-exist with a healthy, functioning democracy. Orlowski’s team is also behind the climate change films “Chasing Ice” and “Chasing Coral.”
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