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Author Lanier, Jaron, author.

Title Ten arguments for deleting all your social media accounts right now / Jaron Lanier.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1855131~S1
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Description x, 146 pages ; 22 cm
Summary Lanier’s reasons for freeing ourselves from social media’s 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.
Subject Internet -- Social aspects.
Social media.
ISBN 9781250196682 (hardcover)
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