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Mentioned in 11 episodes

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.

Mentioned by

Duncan Trussell

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Michael Matheson Miller

Mentioned in 11 episodes

Mentioned by

Sam Harris

when discussing the economic models that have run amok on the internet.

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Mentioned by

Jaron Lanier

as a book where he discusses his arguments to delete social media accounts.

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Mentioned in the episode as one of the people who answered Feynman's cataclysm question and knew Richard Feynman.

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Mentioned by

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as a popular book on Blinkist.

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Mentioned by

Mike Schmitz

as the author of a book on quitting social media, discussed in "The Social Dilemma."

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Mentioned by

Bari Weiss

when referencing

Jaron Lanier

's work.

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Mentioned by

Michael Matheson Miller

as author, discussing social media and its effects.

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Mentionné par

Gaspard Koenig

en lien avec son opinion sur les réseaux sociaux.

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Mentioned by

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

Jaron Lanier

as one of his books, critical of technology and social media.

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Mentioned by

Ash Gobindram

as a cautionary voice regarding the effects of technology on society.

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Recommended by

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

as a blunt but thoughtful critique of social media's business model.

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Mentioned by

Jamie Hanshaw

and Adam Clark as the topic of today’s discussion, focusing on the harmful effects of social media.

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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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Mentioned by

Rob Bell

after being referenced by

Lewis Howes

, discussing its content regarding social media.

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