Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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

World-famous digital pioneer and Silicon Valley insider Jaron Lanier was the first person to alert us to the dangers of social media back in 2010 with his game-changing international bestseller You Are Not A Gadget. [...]
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Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart.

World-famous digital pioneer and Silicon Valley insider Jaron Lanier was the first person to alert us to the dangers of social media back in 2010 with his game-changing international bestseller You Are Not A Gadget.

In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, this globally renowned authority has gathered all the evidence of the last decade to show that:

o Allowing ourselves to be constantly monitored and influenced by some of the richest corporations in history has disastrous consequences for politics and society - but also for the most intimate aspects of our lives

o Social media is designed to make us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal - in some respects, this is its function

o Deleting your accounts is by far the single best thing you can do for yourself and for the greater good