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Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier
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Publisher: Vintage Publishing, August of 2019 ‧
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Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart.

The evidence suggests it's making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal.

Jaron Lanier is the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the dangers of social media.

In this witty and urgent manifesto he explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and, in ten simple arguments, why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the better.

«A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read»
Zadie Smith

«Profound . . . Lanier shows the tactical value of appealing to the conscience of the individual. In the face of his earnest argument, I felt a piercing shame about my own presence on Facebook. I heeded his plea and deleted my account»
Franklin Foer, New York Times Book Review

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

by Jaron Lanier

Property Description
ISBN: 9781529112405
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Release Date: August of 2019
Language: English
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 176
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Essays
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9781529112405

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jaron Lanier

Nascido em Nova Iorque em 1960, Jaron Lanier é um moderno «homem do Renascimento»: aos 14 anos, ingressou na universidade para estudar matemática, o que acabaria por levá-lo à programação. Em paralelo, desenvolveu um interesse pela arte, e tornou-se músico, multi-instrumentista e artista gráfico.
Considerado o «pai» da Realidade Virtual, concebeu, nos anos 1980, os primeiros produtos comerciais de RV, entre os quais se incluem protótipos de aplicações fundamentais, tais como simulações cirúrgicas. Simultaneamente, é um defensor apaixonado de políticas económicas humanistas sustentáveis em contexto digital, e da liberdade do ser humano.

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