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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
- Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
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Publisher's Summary
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now is a timely call-to-arms from a Silicon Valley pioneer.
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we’re better off without them. In his important new audiobook, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms behind before it’s too late.
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 towards richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.
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What the critics say
"Narrator Oliver Wyman brings his full complement of vocalizations to this polemic on social media and what it is doing to us. His cadence and delivery are spot-on...." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-04-14
cat analogy was a little odd but loved it
wish it was narrated by Jaron, but still good. thought provoking. feel more informed after listening. thank you.
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- Patrick Daoust
- 2019-01-07
Concise and thoughtful
Well structured and thoughtful arguments written in plain English. I learned a lot reading this book, it gave me a broader picture of the Tech industry's current paradigm and how this is incompatible with people's needs.
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- Justice Martens
- 2018-11-19
Necessary Read for EVERY Millennial
Please consider taking an extended break from the “behaviour modification empires” which manipulate our data (and more than that) for personal gain. Experience freedom from the bondage of social media for awhile and see if you want your life uploaded afterwords. It’s a beautiful thing to be human.
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- Dave
- 2020-03-27
informative enlightening aspects from an insider.
the information within is worth the listen. taking back our free will, will not happen until we all become educated and look at current social media methods and tactics seriously. recommend if only at least for the information. do with it what you want.
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- Dan
- 2021-08-19
Nothing in life is free!
Admittedly a little ignorant heading into this book. I intuitively started abandoning social media 6 months prior. The arguments are salient and confirming.
The only issue I take with the book is the authors ideologies outside his expertise. Leave those opinions for coffee shop discussions.
I will be recommending this book to my teenagers.
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- Chuck W.
- 2020-11-08
Honest, Insightful, and Informative
It's good to be aware of what is going on when you use social media. This was a great book.
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- Jean-Raphael
- 2021-12-13
A must read for every social media user
This book helped me see the elephant in the room. Yes, it's worth your monthly token.
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- Rally
- 2020-06-15
One of the most impactful books I’ve read
A must read for anyone who has a gut feeling that social media is doing more harm in your life than good. A lot of eye opening information from a Silicon Valley insider.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-07-05
please read this book!
fantastic book must read for everyone wish this was released years ago. thank you!
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- M. B. O.
- 2020-10-20
Remarkably Thought Provoking
Truly exceptional title. It raises the most entertaining questions about the continuously changing digital landscape.
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