{"id":132,"date":"2019-05-11T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/?p=132"},"modified":"2021-05-01T03:19:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T03:19:59","slug":"ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/ten-arguments-for-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before picking up<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaronlanier.com\/\"> Jaron Lanier\u2019s<\/a> book, I\u2019d listened to several of his talks on the subject of social media\u2019s ongoing damage to individuals and society. I was quickly convinced that the reasons for his urgency to pull the plug on the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter were right on. And while a few months ago I had already begun the unplugging, inactivating several accounts, I was not ready to completely let go of years of posting, liking, and what have you. Not only after listening to a few hours of Lanier! I needed to read the footnotes. I needed to see the scientific evidence for myself. I don\u2019t mind being challenged in my beliefs, but I\u2019m not about to delete all such connections to friends, to family, to the whole wide world without reading more.<br>And so, I\u2019ve read more of what the father of virtual reality has to say. I\u2019ve read the footnotes (not all) through Argument One: You are losing your free will. The end is in sight for me and social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter how you read Sartre, hell should not be other people. And neither should heaven, for that matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How did we get to this point? Frightening. But it can be changed. There is still hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I must say, I will miss watching videos like this on Youtube:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crozes-Hermitage Tasting  Episode #793\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2sHergVmS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Where else can you be assured by a sommelier from NY that a Crozes-Hermitage 100% Syrah does not taste like a manure Burgundy but on social media?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before picking up Jaron Lanier\u2019s book, I\u2019d listened to several of his talks on the subject of social media\u2019s ongoing damage to individuals and society. 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