The Jordan Harbinger Show

156: Jaron Lanier | Why You Should Unplug from Social Media for Good

Feb 5, 2019

01:22:08

Episode guests

Jaron Lanier

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Manage Your Relationships With Social Media Companies

4min

The Crazy Story of a Midwife's Assistant

2min

The Importance of a Car in a Prison

2min

The Importance of Being a Busker

3min

Timothy Leary's Story of Virtual Reality

2min

The History of Virtual Reality

2min

Why Is Social Media Bad for Us?

3min

The Importance of Social Perception

3min

10.

The Problem With Algorithmic Customization

2min

11.

The History of Empathy

2min

12.

The Dark World of Mass Behavior Modification

2min

13.

The 10 Year Challenge

5min

14.

How Social Media Can Manipulate Your Behavior

4min

15.

The Creepiness of Advertising

2min

16.

The Importance of Privacy

2min

17.

The Problem With Social Media Addiction

2min

18.

How to Be a Positive Person on Facebook and Twitter

2min

19.

The Importance of Peak TV

2min

20.

The Future of Social Media Addiction

2min

21.

The Effect of Social Media on Misinformation

3min

22.

The Role of Social Media in the Rohingya Crisis

4min

23.

The Rise of Xenophobia in Social Media

2min

24.

The Rise of the Neo-Nazi Party in Europe

2min

25.

The Power of Negative Emotions in Social Media

2min

26.

The Mystique of the Powerful Male Persona

2min

27.

The Role of Advertising in Modernity

2min

28.

The Power of Asshole Making

2min

29.

How to Quit Social Media

3min

30.

What Makes a Platform Bad?

2min

31.

The Bright Side of Optimism

4min

32.

The Strangest Instrument That People Would Just Say

2min

33.

The History of the Glass Harmonica

2min

34.

The Pin P Is a Courting Instrument

3min

35.

The Importance of Old Instruments

3min

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.

What We Discuss with Jaron Lanier:

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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