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May 29, 2018 · In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.
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- losing your free will. In the first argument, You are losing your free will, Lanier argues that the popular social media platforms are all based around a core process of behavior modification.
- behavioral modification empires for rent. Argument two, quitting social media is the most finely targeted way to resist the insanity of our times, requires a bit more context to understand, but unfortunately in this chapter, the context is not provided here.
- unhealthy interactions. At this stage in the book, Lanier has described how BUMMER social media platforms work and proceeds to describe some of the unfortunate consequences of the BUMMER model in more depth.
- undermining truth. Argument 4 is that social media is undermining truth. Here Lanier points out that the online ecosystem consists of a large proportion of fake people: many of the likes, followers, comments & reviews that are used to imply popularity to both human users and the algorithms that surface popular content are fake.
Jun 19, 2018 · Four Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now: Avoiding online manipulation, negativity, and political instability. - an adaptation of elements in "Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now" in Thrive Global.
May 29, 2018 · In Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier draws on his insider's expertise to explain precisely how social media works and why its cruel and dangerous effects are at the heart of its current business model and design.
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Jan 1, 2018 · In Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier draws on his insider's expertise to explain precisely how social media works and why its cruel and dangerous effects are at the heart of its current business model and design.
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May 29, 2018 · In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.
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May 31, 2018 · 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.
