Jaron Lanier

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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Produktbeschreibung

Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart.

'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' Zadie Smith

The evidence suggests that social media is 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.

WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR

'Informed, heartfelt and often entertaining ... a timely reminder that even if we can't bring ourselves to leave social media altogether, we should always think critically about how it works' Sunday Times

'Indispensable. Everyone who wants to understand the digital world, its pitfalls and possibilities should read this book - now' Matthew d'Ancona, author of Post-Truth

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 263600, 750409
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 127g
• ISBN-13: 9781529112405
• ISBN-10: 1529112400
• Artikelnr.: 57009380

Autorenporträt

Jaron Lanier is one of the most celebrated pioneers of digital innovation in the world, and also one of the earliest and most prescient critics of its current trajectory. His previous books include the international bestsellers Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget, both chosen as best books of the year by the New York Times, and most recently Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality, chosen as a best book of the year by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Vox. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, one of the 100 top public intellectuals by Foreign Policy, and one of the top 50 World Thinkers by Prospect.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, with cats 1 ARGUMENT ONE YOU ARE LOSING YOUR FREE WILL Welcome to the cage that goes everywhere with you 5 The mad scientist turns out to care about the dog in the cage 8 Carrot and shtick 10 The allure of mystery 12 Heaven and hell are made of other people 16 Bit as bait 19 Addiction, meet network effect 21 Addiction and free will are opposites 23 ARGUMENT TWO QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MOST FINELY TARGETED WAY TO RESIST THE INSANITY OF OUR TIMES The BUMMER machine 25 The parts that make up the BUMMER machine 29 The problem is limited, so we can contain it 37 ARGUMENT THREE SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING YOU INTO AN ASSHOLE Sooty snow 39 Meeting my inner troll 41 The mysterious nature of asshole amplification technology 44 The most masterful master switch 49 Go to where you are kindest 51 ARGUMENT FOUR SOCIAL MEDIA IS UNDERMINING TRUTH Everybody knows 53 When people are fake, everything becomes fake 55 BUMMER kills 59 ARGUMENT FIVE SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING WHAT YOU SAY MEANINGLESS Meaning ajar 65 Pod people 69 ARGUMENT SIX SOCIAL MEDIA IS DESTROYING YOUR CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY Digitally imposed social numbness 76 The lost theory in your brain 79 ARGUMENT SEVEN SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING YOU UNHAPPY Why do so many famous tweets end with the word
sad
? 81 The wrong end of the BUMMER 85 High castle 90 ARGUMENT EIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN
T WANT YOU TO HAVE ECONOMIC DIGNITY Double BUMMER 93 Baby BUMMER 94 Conflicted BUMMER 97 BUMMER blinders 98 Better than BUMMER 99 The corp perspective 103 The user perspective 104 ARGUMENT NINE SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING POLITICS IMPOSSIBLE Arc burn 107 Arab Spring 110 Gamergate 113 LGBTQ 114 Neither left nor right, but down 115 Black Lives Matter 117 If only this game were already over 123 ARGUMENT TEN SOCIAL MEDIA HATES YOUR SOUL I met a metaphysical metaphor 125 The first four principles of BUMMER spirituality 126 BUMMER faith 132 BUMMER heaven 134 Existence without BUMMER 136 BUMMER anti-magic 137 CONCLUSION: CATS HAVE NINE LIVES Thank-yous 145 About the Author 147

Rezensionen

One of the most optimistic books about the Internet I've ever read because it dares to hope for better ... A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read Zadie Smith