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I saw a meme on Facebook the other day. It said if you ever get lost in the woods, just start

talking about politics.

Someone will find you to argue with you.

Yeah, our society is getting angrier and angrier.

But what role does social media play in this change?

Is it time that we all rethink the value of social media?

And then we have to think about the money train.

You may think that advertising runs the Internet, but the big data behind it is where the real profits come from. We're being followed around all the time and tracked on our phones, watches, tablets, cars, smart speakers, and then a multitude of other gadgets and gizmos and devices. And all that data is collected, and it's really what truly has built billions of dollars for these tech companies. But at what price? I mean, think about this. If big tech can

cash in on our personal data, why can't we? What if I told you that a small family could earn some

real money off of their data, if only they charged big tech? All right. These are some ideas that our guests in this podcast is bringing to light.

In 2018, Jaron Lanier was named one of the 25 most influential people in the previous 25 years of tech history by Wired Magazine.

He's also been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine,

top 100 public intellectuals in the world by foreign policy magazine, and he's one of history's

300 greatest inventors in Encyclopedia Britannica. All right, he's super smart, and you and I are

both so lucky that he carved out some time to talk to us about this social media life that we're all

living. So stay right where you are. You definitely don't want to miss a moment of this.

Looking to bring back that natural glow, you know, the one that you had when you're younger.

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