

2020·Documentary·1h 34m
6.1
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This documentary-drama hybrid explores the dangerous human impact of social networking, with tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.
Directed by Jeff Orlowski
artificial intelligence (a.i.)
technology
silicon valley
high tech surveillance
internet
surveillance
big corporation
media manipulation
social network
teen suicide
low self esteem
social media
internet culture
commercialism
internet addiction
social isolation
self-harm
advertising campaign
advertising model
late stage capitalism
machine learning
media addiction
algorithm
societal collapse
smartphone
Rank
#155 in 2020·#6073 overall

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Cast

Tristan Harris
Self

Justin Rosenstein
Self

Jaron Lanier
Self

Roger McNamee
Self

Jonathan Haidt
Self

Renée DiResta
Self

Skyler Gisondo
Ben

Kara Hayward
Cassandra

Vincent Kartheiser
Advertising A.I. / Engagement A.I. / Growth A.I.

Sophia Hammons
Isla

Barbara Gehring
Mom

Chris Grundy
Step-Dad
Crew

Jeff Orlowski
Director

Jeff Orlowski
Writer

Mark A. Crawford
Original Music Composer

Ryan Ahrens
Executive Producer

Jill Ahrens
Executive Producer

Ben Renzo
Executive Producer

David Boies III
Co-Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
1100 reviews
mattiuzz
2.0★ · 04/29/26

“sei depresso? non essere depresso” o “we got black mirror at home black mirror: “ ahh film. troppo terrorismo psicologico, ma sarebbe stata appropriata un intervista dal creatore di grindr.
“sei depresso? non essere depresso” o “we got black mirror at home black mirror: “ ahh film. troppo terrorismo psicologico, ma sarebbe stata appropriata un intervista dal creatore di grindr.
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shelby
6.0★ · 11/18/25

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Had to watch this for class
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
Had to watch this for class
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
Still logging it
A complete waste of time
NicheMovieBlud
3.0★ · 06/22/26

A movie that has a good premise and motivation but it came out a little bit lame
A movie that has a good premise and motivation but it came out a little bit lame
jsutine
7.0★ · 06/05/26

When this came out in 2020 and my mom told me to watch it I just rolled my eyes because I know it’s going to be the same social media is bad blah blah addiction blah blah data privacy blah blah depression blah blah. And I’m glad I’m watching this now because now that I’m witnessing how AI is changing the world at a large scale it’s even more terrifying that we’re still in the very same system that is set to destroy ourselves. This is terrifying and most of us don’t realize it. Our leaders and the decisions they make are terrifying and even I don’t know if they actually how catastrophic things are going to be. The reason why it’s so easy to ignore is because it’s already happening fast enough that the change is alarming but slow enough to go about and ignore it until it’s too late. Things managed to get a lot worse in just five years and I’m not even just talking about AI slop. I’m talking about wars, shortages on our resources, the division of humanity, unreliable authority figures, enshittifications of products, and the compelling uncertainty. The reason why the very engineers who pioneered today’s technology are terrified is because they don’t even know what makes it terrifying, they just know it is.
When this came out in 2020 and my mom told me to watch it I just rolled my eyes because I know it’s going to be the same social media is bad blah blah addiction blah blah data privacy blah blah depression blah blah. And I’m glad I’m watching this now because now that I’m witnessing how AI is changing the world at a large scale it’s even more terrifying that we’re still in the very same system that is set to destroy ourselves. This is terrifying and most of us don’t realize it. Our leaders and the decisions they make are terrifying and even I don’t know if they actually how catastrophic things are going to be. The reason why it’s so easy to ignore is because it’s already happening fast enough that the change is alarming but slow enough to go about and ignore it until it’s too late. Things managed to get a lot worse in just five years and I’m not even just talking about AI slop. I’m talking about wars, shortages on our resources, the division of humanity, unreliable authority figures, enshittifications of products, and the compelling uncertainty. The reason why the very engineers who pioneered today’s technology are terrified is because they don’t even know what makes it terrifying, they just know it is.