Why The Social Dilemma is Wrong

And could actually cause more harm than good

Danielle Newnham
The Startup
Published in
14 min readAug 27, 2021

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The Social Dilemma, Netflix

Forget the robots taking over, we are already living in dystopia according to The Social Dilemma. It has been lauded by some as the most important documentary of our times because it exposes the imaginary evil algorithms that big tech companies such as Facebook, Google and YouTube use to control and manipulate us. It asserts that these…

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Danielle Newnham
The Startup

Host of Danielle Newnham Podcast — interviews with tech founders and innovators. Writer. Author. Recovering Founder.