Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now / Jaron Lanier.
Lanier offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave the dangers of online platforms behind. He has seen their 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 disconne...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 146 pages ; 22 cm |
| Variant Title: |
10 arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now |
| Format: | Book |
| Summary: |
Lanier offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave the dangers of online platforms behind. He has seen their 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. And he asks: How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses to our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? -- adapted from jacket. |
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| Call Number: | HM851 .L3579 2018 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781250196682 125019668X |