Netflix's 'Social Dilemma' Star Tristan Harris on the Film and Its Criticisms
Big Technology Podcast
10/07/20
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You won’t find a more controversial film in Silicon Valley than The Social Dilemma . The film, now available on Netflix, features confessions from early consumer internet employees who rue the destruction their inventions have wrought.
To address the film and its critiques, Tristan Harris, its star and the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, sat down for an interview on the Big Technology Podcast with no questions off limits.
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