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Just saw a great documentary on Netflix called The Social Dilemma.
It's about the perils of social media and the way they divide democratic societies too make as much money as they can.
I think someone said in the documentary that fake news is 6 times more profitable than real news(because real news is boring).
It also greatly affects children and tends to group people in ecochambers.
It's about the perils of social media and the way they divide democratic societies too make as much money as they can.
I think someone said in the documentary that fake news is 6 times more profitable than real news(because real news is boring).
It also greatly affects children and tends to group people in ecochambers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole:_Undercover_in_North_Korea
@Post Ironic @Dostoevsky
A must watch. Mads Brügger is
Also watch The Red Chapel and The Ambassador if you can find it somewhere.
@Post Ironic @Dostoevsky
A must watch. Mads Brügger is
Also watch The Red Chapel and The Ambassador if you can find it somewhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole:_Undercover_in_North_Korea
@Post Ironic @Dostoevsky
A must watch. Mads Brügger is
Also watch The Red Chapel and The Ambassador if you can find it somewhere.
@Post Ironic @Dostoevsky
A must watch. Mads Brügger is
Also watch The Red Chapel and The Ambassador if you can find it somewhere.
Just as Charles Eisenstein recent wrote that he will no longer write essays as it amounts to trying to reason with a madman, I've pretty much given up on documentaries in this current political climate. This is an extension of my old "documentaries are the new fake news" mantra...
Not to paint a rosy picture of their past, but none of them are trustworthy anymore. All around the world, information is being politically weaponized. Documentaries are one of the new weapons of that arsenal, and they are growing like weeds with tons of new funding for outlets like Netflix and a faux platform of de facto credibility.
Doesn't matter if it's Britney Spears or climate change or the politics of Uzbekistan. I've decided I'm going to be a millennial on this one and go with, "I just can't" when it comes to more documentaries.
Not to paint a rosy picture of their past, but none of them are trustworthy anymore. All around the world, information is being politically weaponized. Documentaries are one of the new weapons of that arsenal, and they are growing like weeds with tons of new funding for outlets like Netflix and a faux platform of de facto credibility.
Doesn't matter if it's Britney Spears or climate change or the politics of Uzbekistan. I've decided I'm going to be a millennial on this one and go with, "I just can't" when it comes to more documentaries.
Some truth in that, but I still enjoy watching them. It's my gullible side.
Recent recommendations:
I Love You, Now Die: I had never heard of this particular case but found it very intriguing. Essentially, I'd say both sides have a point. Even if they're both arguing the exact opposite of one another. Tricky.
LA 92: I thought this was put together quite well. Basically nothing more than roughly 2 hours of archival footage, but I thought it worked.
Pretend It's A City: Very funny.
America To Me: Excellent. Best documentary I've seen in ages.
Ni Juge, Ni Soumise: Extremely funny, sad, unbelievable, depressing. All at the same time.
Cheer: I'm almost embarassed to admit it, but I liked it. And I don't even know why. Cheesy, melodramatic, feelgood, typical American crap. I love it, give me more!
Recent recommendations:
I Love You, Now Die: I had never heard of this particular case but found it very intriguing. Essentially, I'd say both sides have a point. Even if they're both arguing the exact opposite of one another. Tricky.
LA 92: I thought this was put together quite well. Basically nothing more than roughly 2 hours of archival footage, but I thought it worked.
Pretend It's A City: Very funny.
America To Me: Excellent. Best documentary I've seen in ages.
Ni Juge, Ni Soumise: Extremely funny, sad, unbelievable, depressing. All at the same time.
Cheer: I'm almost embarassed to admit it, but I liked it. And I don't even know why. Cheesy, melodramatic, feelgood, typical American crap. I love it, give me more!
This is from the series Africa's hunters try to catch the 2-3 vids on youtube that follow this one, really amazing stuff @Osman @Quetzalcoatl