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Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now (book)

By Administrator | 3 April 2019

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Author: Jaron LanierJaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer and 'high-tech genius' who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and explains in ten simple arguments why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the better. Social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal. In recent months it has become horribly clear that social media is not bringing us together - it is tearing us apart.Read this book in the Business Studio


Author: Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer and 'high-tech genius' who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and explains in ten simple arguments why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the better. Social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal. In recent months it has become horribly clear that social media is not bringing us together - it is tearing us apart.
Read this book in the Business Studio

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