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10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Book • 2018
In this book, Jaron Lanier presents ten compelling arguments for why individuals should consider deleting their social media accounts.
He discusses how social media can undermine truth, destroy empathy, make users unhappy, and disrupt economic dignity and political discourse.
Lanier also introduces the concept of the 'BUMMER' machine, which describes how social media services modify user behavior for profit.
The book encourages readers to be more mindful of their social media use and its broader societal implications.
He discusses how social media can undermine truth, destroy empathy, make users unhappy, and disrupt economic dignity and political discourse.
Lanier also introduces the concept of the 'BUMMER' machine, which describes how social media services modify user behavior for profit.
The book encourages readers to be more mindful of their social media use and its broader societal implications.
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Mentioned in 9 episodes
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Jaron Lanier as a book where he discusses his arguments to delete social media accounts.
Jaron Lanier as a book where he discusses his arguments to delete social media accounts.
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Mike Schmitz as the author of a book on quitting social media, discussed in "The Social Dilemma."
Mike Schmitz as the author of a book on quitting social media, discussed in "The Social Dilemma."
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Duncan Trussell as the author of "10 or 12 Reasons to Get Off Your Social Media Now" and "The Dawn of the New Everything".
Duncan Trussell as the author of "10 or 12 Reasons to Get Off Your Social Media Now" and "The Dawn of the New Everything".
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Mentioned by Michael Hyatt as a book that compelled him to reconsider his relationship with social media.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a blunt but thoughtful critique of social media's business model.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a blunt but thoughtful critique of social media's business model.
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Rob Bell after being referenced by 
Lewis Howes , discussing its content regarding social media.
Rob Bell after being referenced by Lewis Howes , discussing its content regarding social media.
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