Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
by Jaron Lanier
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier holds a highly rated rating of 4.40 out of 5, based on 3.9K reader ratings. First published in 2018. The book spans 160 pages.
About Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that were better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.
Laniers reasons for freeing ourselves from social medias poisonous grip include its tendency to bring out the worst in us, to make politics terrifying, to trick us with illusions of popularity and success, to twist our relationship with the truth, to disconnect us from other people even as we are more connected than ever, to rob us of our free will with relentless targeted ads. How can we remain autonomous in a world where we are under continual surveillance and are constantly being prodded by algorithms run by some of the richest corporations in history that have no way of making money other than being paid to manipulate our behavior? How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses to our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us toward a richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Jaron Lanier |
| Published | 2018 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Kindle Price | $9.99 |
| Genres | Science |
| Average Rating | 4.40 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 3,869 |
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now was written by Jaron Lanier. It was first published in 2018.
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The ISBN-13 for Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now is 9781250239082.
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