The Social Dilemma

Tristan Harris, while working for the Gmail team at Google, realized

• his team was making something much bigger than they knew at the time.

• he would get into legal trouble if he kept developing programs that tracked consumer's personal data.

• that their decisions would impact 2 billion people.

According to Roger McNamee, the biggest companies in Silicon Valley have been in the business of

• subscriptions.

• selling their users.

• software "hacking".

According to Aza Raskin, because advertisers, instead of people who use social media, pay for social media platforms, advertisers are the customers and social media users are

• freeloaders.

• not making their own decisions.

• being influenced by advertisers.

• the thing that is being sold.

According to Tristan Harris, "if you are not paying for the product, then

• you are the product".

• you won't get the product".

• the product does not exist".

• somebody else will pay for that product."

The business model for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube is to

• manipulate consumers into buying things.

• watch the gradual change in user behavior.

• keep people engaged on the screen.

• connect advertisers with copious amount of user data.

According to Aza Raskin, what does Facebook do with the data it collects?

• Looks for patterns in consumer behavior.

• Build models that predict user's actions.

• Sells it to the highest bidder.

According to Tristan Harris, pulling down and refreshing a timeline on your phone is comparable to what addictive activity?

• drug use

• gambling

• drinking alcohol

• playing video games

According to Tristan Harris, if something is not a tool it

• serves no purpose.

• looks for ways to improve itself.

• demands things from you, seduces you, and manipulates you.

In the documentary, social media is portrayed as something that isn't and cannot be addicting.

• True

• False

Social media became available on mobile devices in 2009. Since that year, the suicide rate among girls 15-19 years old has increased by ______ percent?

• 30

• 50

• 70

• 90