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156: Jaron Lanier | Why You Should Unplug from Social Media for Good

156: Jaron Lanier | Why You Should Unplug from Social Media for Good

FromThe Jordan Harbinger Show


156: Jaron Lanier | Why You Should Unplug from Social Media for Good

FromThe Jordan Harbinger Show

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Length:
88 minutes
Released:
Feb 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Jaron Lanier is an early Internet pioneer, computer scientist, visual artist, musician, and author of Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.
What We Discuss with Jaron Lanier:

The real cost of the "everything is free" mentality that accompanied the cultural proliferation of the Internet and social media.
How social media manipulates human behavior to threaten free will.
Why negative emotions are the lifeblood of social media.
How social media contributes to the mass production of misinformation.
Why feeding on social media content tailored to you makes it difficult to empathize with the perspective of others.
And much more...

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Released:
Feb 5, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

(Apple's Best of 2018) In-depth conversations with people at the top of their game. Jordan Harbinger unpacks guests' wisdom into practical nuggets you can use to impact your work, life, and relationships. Learn from leaders (Eric Schmidt, Simon Sinek, Marc Cuban), entertainers (Moby, Tip "T.I." Harris, Dennis Quaid), scientists (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye), athletes (Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Tony Hawk) and an eclectic array of fascinating minds, from art forgers and arms traffickers to skeptics and psychologists.