Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Paperback)
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Paperback)
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Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (Paperback)

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“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)

You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we’re better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.

Lanier’s reasons for freeing ourselves from social media’s poisonous grip include its tendency to bring out the worst in us, to make politics terrifying, to trick us with illusions of popularity and success, to twist our relationship with the truth, to disconnect us from other people even as we are more “connected” than ever, to rob us of our free will with relentless targeted ads. How can we remain autonomous in a world where we are under continual surveillance and are constantly being prodded by algorithms run by some of the richest corporations in history that have no way of making money other than being paid to manipulate our behavior? How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses to our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us toward a richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.

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Apr 16, 2026
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Great Read!

I loved this book! I gave it as a gift to my sister in law after she sent me a video of Jaron speaking about this book and decided to read it with her. He is very knowledgeable about the internet and social media as he has been in the tech industry for decades. I had already gotten rid of my social media accounts before I read the book, but his words mirrored the thoughts that made me leave these platforms in the first place. If you’re interested in learning about how social media has altered how we view the world and the people around us, it is worth the read. While his words may not convince people to quit social media, his goal is to get us to understand how we are losing our individuality to tech companies for their profit and to our detriment.

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