A00087 - Must See TV for November 2022: The Social Dilemma


I recently attended a conference named Techonomy 22 which was held in nearby Sonoma, California, from November 13 to November 15.  Techonomy 22 is the successor event to the Techonomy events sponsored by Techonomy Media


It is my understanding that Techonomy 22 was the first Techonomy conference to be held in the last three years due to COVID.

The principal moderator of Techonomy 22 was David Kirkpatrick, a classmate of mine from Amherst College.  David did a masterful job of interviewing some of the most prominent individuals in not only the fields of technology but also in the fields of medicine and climate change.  The wonders and marvels discussed at the conference were at times overwhelming, especially for a person, like me, who is technology averse.  Nevertheless, even as a Luddite, I came away with a deeper appreciation of the Tech Universe with all of its potential, and its peril.  Over the next few months, I hope to elaborate and report on some of the things I learned both at the conference and away from the conference.  Today, I begin with some of the things I learned away from the conference. 

By coincidence, on November 6, a week before the Techonomy conference began, Sixty Minutes aired a segment entitled "Angry in America" 


In this segment, it is made clear that social media has played a large part in stoking the Anger in America by purposely dividing us and by serving as platforms for disinformation.  I noted the names of two of the prominent individuals interviewed for the segment, Tristan Harris and Jonathan Haidt, and looked them up on Wikipedia;



In reading these bios, I noted that both individuals appear in a Netlix documentary entitled The Social Dilemma.


On Saturday, November 12, the day before Techonomy 22 began, I watched The Social Dilemma  It was my worst nightmare.  The nightmare was compounded when I returned home from the conference yesterday only to find these two alarming articles in the air:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/14/technology/google-privacy-settlement.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fbi-extremely-concerned-tiktok-operating-171955671.html?guccounter=1

only to be followed by a further reading of this


Based upon all this, I find that my conscience compels me to name the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma, as the Must See TV for November 2022.  I also recommend we all consider the recommendations contained therein.

Peace,

Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Fairfield, California
November 16, 2022

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