”The Social Dilemma” with Jeff Orlowski

In his chilling Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, Sundance award-winning filmmaker Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Ice and Chasing Coral) sounds the alarm about the insidious effects of social media and its potentially devastating consequences for society. Using a range of documentary and fiction techniques, Jeff argues that  tech’s attention extraction model is the “Frankenstein’s Monster” of our time. How did Jeff crack the code of telling this story in a compelling way that would make visible social media companies’ use of A.I. to prey upon all of us? And what was it like to direct actor  Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) playing three versions of himself? Things get personal when Mike confronts his own “dilemma” as someone who has used “growth hacking” in his work, and we ask Jeff, “What apps are still on your phone?” Jeff’s activist site supporting the move:  thesocialdilemma.com You can follow us @topdocspod Other Films by Jeff: Chasing Ice Chasing Coral   Hidden Gem: Baraka   Also Mentioned in the Pod: Center for Humane Technology The Big Short Vincent Kartheiser and Mad Men Citizen Kane Sundance Film Festival Yesterbox Frankenstein Sophocles' Antigone Growth Hacking Mirror Neurons A/B Testing Hippocratic Oath Section 230 Woz and Jobs