[My review of the 12min summary]

[Note: Be sure to read the review of this book by ingrid@bookwyrm.social. She makes some excellent points. I probably missed those subtleties by only reading a summary.]

Good enumeration of the metastasizing cancer of social media. Most of this applies only to Big Social. Nevertheless, some of it also applies to the fediverse.

Lanier's ten arguments: 1. You are losing your free will 2. Quitting will help you resist the insanity of our times 3. You are turning into an asshole 4. Social media undermines truth 5. What you say becomes meaningless 6. You lose your capacity for empathy 7. You become unhappy 8. You lose your economic dignity 9. Social media destroys politics 10. Social media hates your soul

FINAL NOTES (quoted from 12min) Social media and the companies behind them… have capitalized on the concept of spying on and manipulating people. Social media is created to be addictive, but being exposed to it too much means losing your empathy, your free will, your self-expression, and ultimately, your humanity.

To become a self-governed, creative, and independent human being again you will need to stay alert to the ways in which social media can trick you.