Jaron Lanier is a scientist, musician, and writer best known for his work in virtual reality and his advocacy of humanism and sustainable economics in a digital context. His 1980s start-up VPL Research created the first commercial VR products and introduced avatars, multi-person virtual world experiences, and prototypes of major VR applications such as surgical simulation. His books Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget were international bestsellers, and Dawn of the New Everything was named a 2017 best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Vox.
A WIRED "All-Time Favorite Book"
A Financial Times Best Book of 2018 "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, The New York Times Book Review "Mixes prophetic
wisdom with a simple practicality . . . Essential reading."
--The New York Times (Summer Reading Preview) "The title says it
all . . . Lanier advocates untethering from social media, which
fosters addiction and anomie and generally makes us feel worse and
more fearful about each other and the world . . . The experiment
could be a useful one, though it will darken the hearts of the dark
lords--a winning argument all its own." --Kirkus Reviews "Ten
Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now is not
anti-tech or even anti-phone. It is one of the most optimistic
books about the Internet I've ever read because it dares to hope
for better. Profoundly skeptical of the business model that
undergirds social media, Lanier demonstrates the ways in which our
social media accounts make us not consumer but product, our every
connection monitored by unseen third parties who harvest our data,
monetize our communication, and curate and manipulate our behavior.
Another online life is possible, but first we have to destroy the
one we're trapped in. The great news is you don't have to take to
the streets--you don't even have to leave your room. You can do it
all by pressing one little key . . . A blisteringly good, urgent,
essential read." --Zadie Smith, author of Feel Free
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