Jaron Lanier

Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (eBook, ePUB)

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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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473559172
• Artikelnr.: 50868429

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