Ten arguments for deleting all your social media accounts right now
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You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that you're better off without them. In this important book, Lanier, who doesn't participate in any social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for everyone to leave these dangerous online platforms. Lanier's reasons for freeing ourselves from social media's poisonous grip include its tendency to bring out the worst in us, to make politics terrifying, to trick us with illusions of popularity and success, to twist our relationship with the truth, to disconnect us from other people even as we are more "connected" than ever, and to rob us of our free will with relentless targeted ads. How can we remain autonomous in a world where we are under continual surveillance and are constantly being prodded by algorithms run by some of the richest corporations in history that have no way of making money other than being paid to manipulate our behavior? How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses of our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? Yet Lanier remains an optimist about technology. While demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us toward a richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lanier, J. (2018). Ten arguments for deleting all your social media accounts right now (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lanier, Jaron. 2018. Ten Arguments for Deleting All Your Social Media Accounts Right Now. Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lanier, Jaron. Ten Arguments for Deleting All Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lanier, Jaron. Ten Arguments for Deleting All Your Social Media Accounts Right Now First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2018.

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