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"The core process that allows social media to make money ... is the relentless, subtle, even unnoticed manipulation that takes place over a long period of time."
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Jaron Lanier — Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media
Lanier, Ten Arguments (2018)
Author
Jaron Lanier
Date
2018
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A computer scientist and VR pioneer's polemic against behavior-modification business models. Opinionated; grounded in real platform mechanics.

Citation · Chicago

Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (New York: Henry Holt, 2018).

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