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I have recommended this book to so many people and I think you’ll be the first who actually reads it so I’ll be really interested to hear what you think of it.
I just finished the book. While there were some interesting thoughts, there were also a lot of crazy conspiracy theories such as using people's private conversations or something like that to fuel AI translation services. I also found it funny when he said that CIA and NSA had information leaks but not Google or Facebook as if that's proof how evil they are (while in reality private companies simply have way better security than governments).
The general tone was as if social media companies (or rather the advertisers) were caricature villains who want to manipulate the world. I don't believe that. Maybe I'm too naive but to me there's no sinister motive other than making money off people's voluntarily provided data.
He also missed or glossed over many way more important arguments against social media such as the effect of social media on men (seeing hot women everywhere all the time isn't helpful), the effect of social media on women (thinking that selling your body is the only way to succeed), shortening attention spans, lack of subtlety, cancel culture, and many more.
I also don't agree with his Luddite views on AI and his claims that "robotic nurses" "exploit" human nurses who make less money and stuff like that.
Also, the guy is a painful leftist. He talks about social media turning you into an a**hole who has no empathy yet he couldn't help but viciously criticize Trump, his supporters and many other people (I don't care about Trump, it just annoys me the author is so hypocritical in a book that's supposed to teach you to get away from drama). I also can't treat seriously anyone who thinks that AOC is an "optimistic hopeful politician."
So in the end, I did finish the entire book but only the first 10-20% was worth reading and the longer I read it, the more pushy it felt with all his crazy accusations.
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