Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart. 'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' Zadie SmithThe evidence suggests that social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal.Jaron Lanier is the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the dangers of social media. In this witty and urgent manifesto he explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and, in ten simple arguments, why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the better. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR Informed, heartfelt and often entertaining ... a timely reminder that even if we can t bring ourselves to leave social media altogether, we should always think critically about how it works Sunday Times Indispensable. Everyone who wants to understand the digital world, its pitfalls and possibilities should read this book now Matthew d Ancona, author of Post-Truth

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A life-changing manifesto from one of the world's most celebrated pioneers and critics of the digital revolution

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Jaron Lanier

'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' ZADIE SMITH

Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer and 'high-tech genius' (Sunday Times) who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and explains in ten simple arguments why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the better.

Social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal. In recent months it has become horribly clear that social media is not bringing us together it is tearing us apart. In Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier draws on his insider's expertise to explain precisely how social media works by deploying constant surveillance and subconscious manipulation of its users and why its cruel and dangerous effects are at the heart of its current business model and design. As well as offering ten simple arguments for liberating yourself from its addictive hold, his witty and urgent manifesto outlines a vision for an alternative that provides all the benefits of social media without the harm.

So, if you want a happier life, a more just and peaceful world, or merely the chance to think for yourself without being monitored and influenced by the richest corporations in history, then the best thing you can do, for now, is delete your social media accounts right now. You will almost certainly become a calmer and possibly a nicer person in the process.

Titel

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Autor

• Jaron Lanier

EAN

9781473559172

ISBN

978-1-4735-5917-2

Format

E-Book (epub)

Herausgeber

Random House

Genre

Sonstiges Ratgeber

Veröffentlichung

31.05.2018

Digitaler Kopierschutz

Adobe-DRM

Dateigrösse

2.8 MB

Anzahl Seiten

128

Jahr

2018

Untertitel

Englisch