Jaron Lanier Wants You to Delete Social Media | 5
American Innovations
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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2019
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Twitter, Facebook, Youtube. The past year has brought a backlash against these companies and others over data privacy and their treatment of speech. Tech visionary and critic Jaron Lanier discusses his take on social media and why he thinks you should delete yours.
Read Jaron’s latest book: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Right Now.
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| 0:13.9 | From Wondery, I'm Stephen Johnson. |
| 0:16.5 | And this is American Innovations. |
| 0:30.0 | On today's show, we're taking a break from our usual stories about the history of invention. |
| 0:42.2 | To talk to one of the leading voices in tech today, and one of the industry's biggest critics. |
| 0:49.2 | Geraldinear is a computer scientist, best-selling author, and musical composer. |
| 0:54.2 | He's also a pioneer of virtual reality technologies, sometimes even called the father |
| 0:59.8 | of VR. |
| 1:00.8 | He popped up in our series on virtual reality earlier this year, when we talked about his |
| 1:05.6 | 1980s Silicon Valley VR company VPL. |
| 1:08.8 | linear thinks a lot about the ways humans relate to each other, and to the technology around |
| 1:14.1 | us. |
| 1:15.1 | He's got a keen eye for where technology is headed, and the potential social implications. |
| 1:21.0 | From digital privacy to tech addiction to the future of work. |
| 1:24.6 | His books include Who Owns the Future, You Are Not a Gadget, and His Most Recent Work, |
| 1:29.8 | 10 Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now. |
| 1:34.2 | Which we will explore with him today. |
| 1:37.1 | It comes at a time when Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms are dealing with questions |
| 1:42.2 | about data privacy, hate speech, censorship, and their relationships with advertisers. |
| 1:48.2 | I brought Jaron on this show to get his take on all of this, to better understand why |
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