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Mentioned in 9 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.
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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when discussing the economic models that have run amok on the internet.


Sam Harris

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


Jaron Lanier

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as a popular book on Blinkist.


Cal Newport

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when referencing 

's work.


Bari Weiss


Jaron Lanier

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Was the Internet a Horrible Mistake?
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as author, discussing social media and its effects.

Michael Matheson Miller

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en lien avec son opinion sur les réseaux sociaux.


Gaspard Koenig

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


Mike Schmitz

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as the author of "10 or 12 Reasons to Get Off Your Social Media Now" and "The Dawn of the New Everything".


Duncan Trussell

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as a book that compelled him to reconsider his relationship with social media.

Michael Hyatt

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


Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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after being referenced by 

, discussing its content regarding social media.


Rob Bell


Lewis Howes

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


Jaron Lanier

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