Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
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Narrated by:
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Oliver Wyman
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Written by:
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Jaron Lanier
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier, read by Oliver Wyman.
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.
'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' ZADIE SMITH
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"A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read." (Zadie Smith)
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- 30-09-20
Book which really challenges idea of Social Media
This book is a must for all those who are wondering why the social media tech giants are growing wealthy what is their actual product or service. How they are affecting you. This book will set the tone where you will really start contemplating whether you can live without your Social Media account. A thought provoking book which everyone should listen.
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- Chethak MP
- 06-10-22
Helpful Advice about Social Media's Problems
The author has given a lot of insights and advice about social media networks. Social media networks are becoming damaging to people and society too. There are many illegal things going on to keep this continuing. It's like common people are becoming addicted and they don't know about it and society at large is suffering and breaking down.
The author gives insights into some of the bad or illegal or morally wrong or ethically wrong things social media companies do. I suggest that we can try to listen to this audiobook with an open mind. Today our society is heavily dependent on technology, as compared to the bygone years and decades. So, it's very important to be careful with our technology today...
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- Pritpal
- 28-04-19
Read to understand how social media works.
Read to understand how social media works. An insight into the workings of all the social media platforms out there.
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