VOCABULARY LIST- THE SOCIAL DILEMMA

- “intermittent reinforcement”
in operant or instrumental conditioning, any pattern of reinforcement in which only some
responses are reinforced. also called partial reinforcement; partial schedule of reinforcement.
- “surveillance capitalism”
a new type of capitalism that monetizes data acquired through 
surveillance on social media, etc.
- “machine learning”
the process of computers changing the way they carry out tasks by learning from new data,
without a human being needing to give instructions in the form of a program.
- psychometric
designed to show someone's personality, mental ability, opinions, etc.
- doppelgänger
a spirit that looks exactly like a living person, or someone who looks exactly like
someone else but who is not related to that person
- checkmate
a situation in which someone has been defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue
- reckon with  sb/sth
to deal with a difficult or powerful person or thing:
If you harm her, you're going to have the police to reckon with.
- “rabbit hole”
a complexly bizarre or difficult state or situation conceived of as a hole into which one falls or
descendsI wanted to show this woman descending into the rabbit hole: this loss of self,
becoming a servant to her job and to the work.
- chemtrail

A visible trail left in the sky by an aircraft and believed by some to consist of chemical or
biological agents released as part of a covert operation, rather than the condensed water of a
vapour trail.
- culminate in/with  sth
 If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until
it reaches this point:
My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.
- debunk
to expose/ to show that something is less important, less good, or less true than it has been
made to appear:
The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.
- amplify
to increase the size or effect of something:
A funeral can amplify the feelings of regret and loss for the relatives.
- nefarious
(especially of activities) morally bad:
The company's CEO seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.
- tribalism
a very strong feeling of loyalty to a political or social group, so that you support them whatever
they do
- financial incentive
monetary benefit offered to consumers, employees and organizations to encourage behavior or
actions which otherwise would not take place. A financial incentive motivates actions which
otherwise might not occur without the monetary benefit

- zealot
a person who has very strong opinions about something, and tries to make other people have
them too
- defer
to delay something until a later time:
My bank has agreed to defer the repayments on my loan.
[ + -ing verb ] Can we defer making a decision until next week?

- scrutiny
the careful and detailed examination of something in order to get information about it:
- “snapchat dysmorphia”
a body-image disorder characterized by the need to heavily edit one's own digital image. At its
most severe, the disorder may cause people to seek out cosmetic procedures in order to
replicate the altered images they present online.