The Bright Side of Optimism

Jaron Lanier is an early Internet pioneer, computer scientist, visual artist, musician, and author of Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.

• The real cost of the "everything is free" mentality that accompanied the cultural proliferation of the Internet and social media.
• How social media manipulates human behavior to threaten free will.
• Why negative emotions are the lifeblood of social media.
• How social media contributes to the mass production of misinformation.
• Why feeding on social media content tailored to you makes it difficult to empathize with the perspective of others.
• And much more...

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