The social dilemma had people working from the most used social media site like Google Facebook and Pinterest talk about how dangerous the computer algorithm for making us use our phone more can have a negative effect on us. These people worked for these companies for years and realized that the development of these social media is becoming more and more addictive and that we are the product. They themselves work for the company and know the tactic and they themselves are falling for it when they leave to go home. This movie installed fear in me and because we talk about how technology is taking over and it is happening before our eyes.  

We were assigned to watch an episode of Silicon Valley and in the episode, this tech guy had this technology that is very valuable, and rich tech people wanted to buy it off of him and he just couldn’t believe it. He was about to be rich but didn’t know what decision he would make and the deal he would take. Silicon valley just showed me how much money people in the tech field could make and how greedy people are for new and improved technology. They don’t think of how it can and would negatively affect society but they like the profit they would make from being the one that gets the technology to the public. The Silicon Valley connects with the movie Social dilemma because those tech guys were once the naive silicon valley members but are now, Years later, seeing and speaking out about the effects of social media on our generation. They want to warn us if we are even willing to listen and actually care. The problem is that the Social dilemma is on Netflix but to get people to watch it another thing. For example, If this movie was not assigned to the class, I would not have watched it, unless it was recommended to me by someone that I have a common interest with and has a strong case as to why I should watch this movie. 

In the article “Why The kids are not alright”, we read about the effects technology has on our generation. He states that “We’re the first generation that cannot escape our problems at all”. Young people are having depression and anxiety. The idea of knowing a lot of information and not knowing what to do with it can affect your daily functions and create fear. The rise of children inflicting pain and self-harm on themselves is scary and continues to rise. Challenges on TikTok and on youtube have been going around targeting the younger generation. They would create challenges like The Outlet Challenge, Fire Challenge, Salt and Ice challenge, Tide-pod challenge, The Pass-out Challenge or the Choking Game, and the Benadryl challenge. Most of these challenges lead to death and made it to the news outlets to warn people about these challenges. 

 Five positive and five negative things about my generation 

Positive 

1. People are more aware of what is going on in the world. 
2. Personal memories (pictures, video) can be saved and live on forever. 
3. Communication is a lot quicker and easier. 
4. We are entertained beyond imagined by just having a phone. 
5. The increase of entrepreneurship. People are learning how to create and do a thing for themselves instead of working your way to the top. 

Negative

1. The government invades our privacy. 
2. We are provided with so much information in the palms of our hands and we don’t know what to do with it. 
3. It’s hard to distinguish fake news from real news. 
4. Our ability to communicate in a social setting is decreasing. 
5. People are in everyone’s business on social media and everywhere else. The lack of privacy. 

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