There are a few ironies in this film: First, most people who saw this film were recommended by netflix algorithms or friends; second, as said in the film, conspiracy theories are easier to spread, but I don’t know if they fully accept the film’s views. Did anyone do a fact check on it before accepting it, and did it go from one extreme to the other? Thirdly, if I remember correctly, the film also contains some personal political goods, so it can be seen that the butt decides the head is really everywhere allow.
Humans are inherently lazy and prone to prejudice. The service mentioned in the film is only to make people more efficient self-reinforcing and get the satisfaction of nature. Internet addicts won't start reading just because one day the Internet is regulated or even gone—they'll just find another form of solace soon enough. I don't mean to excuse service, but just to say: To get rid of all forms of bondage, one needs to learn to look at life and the world critically, and also to have a little hobby.
At the end of the film, it said that AI regards each human individual as just a computing node, and encourages everyone to reflect on their own behavior and not to accept such treatment easily. This conclusion is correct, but from another perspective, human individuals have acquiesced to the same treatment in society. Our work creates supply for the economy, and consumption creates demand for the economy. The existence of you and me is just a node on the macro level. In the face of any behemoth, ordinary people are insignificant.
As an Internet practitioner, most of the things mentioned in the film are used and thought about in my daily experience, but the part about the next generation still touches me a lot. I myself have given up sns as much as possible, but if I have the next generation, I don't know if I will be able to guide him/her to view the Internet and myself in a correct way. Thinking of Pu Shu's answer in an interview about whether to have children, I felt sad in my heart.
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