具体描述
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that we’re better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.
Lanier’s reasons for freeing ourselves from social media’s poisonous grip include its tendency to bring out the worst in us, to make politics terrifying, to trick us with illusions of popularity and success, to twist our relationship with the truth, to disconnect us from other people even as we are more “connected” than ever, to rob us of our free will with relentless targeted ads. How can we remain autonomous in a world where we are under continual surveillance and are constantly being prodded by algorithms run by some of the richest corporations in history that have no way of making money other than being paid to manipulate our behavior? How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses to our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us toward a richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.
作者简介
Jaron Lanier is a scientist, musician, and writer best known for his work in virtual reality and his advocacy of humanism and sustainable economics in a digital context. His 1980s start-up VPL Research created the first commercial VR products and introduced avatars, multi-person virtual world experiences, and prototypes of major VR applications such as surgical simulation. His books Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget were international bestsellers, and Dawn of the New Everything was named a 2017 best book of the year by The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Vox.
目录信息
YOU ARE LOSING YOUR FREE WILL
Welcome to the cage that goes everywhere with you 5
The mad scientist turns out to care about the dog in the cage 8
Carrot and shtick 10
The allure of mystery 12
Heaven and hell are made of other people 16
Bit as bait 19
Addiction, meet network effect 21
Addiction and free will are opposites 23
ARGUMENT TWO
QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE MOST FINELY TARGETED WAY TO RESIST THE INSANITY OF OUR TIMES
The BUMMER machine 25
The parts that make up the BUMMER machine 29
The problem is limited, so we can contain it 37
ARGUMENT THREE
SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING YOU INTO AN ASSHOLE
Sooty snow 39
Meeting my inner troll 41
The mysterious nature of asshole amplification technology 44
The most masterful master switch 49
Go to where you are kindest 51
ARGUMENT FOUR
SOCIAL MEDIA IS UNDERMINING TRUTH
Everybody knows 53
When people are fake, everything becomes fake 55
BUMMER kills 59
ARGUMENT FIVE
SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING WHAT YOU SAY MEANINGLESS
Meaning ajar 65
Pod people 69
ARGUMENT SIX
SOCIAL MEDIA IS DESTROYING YOUR CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY
Digitally imposed social numbness 76
The lost theory in your brain 79
ARGUMENT SEVEN
SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING YOU UNHAPPY
Why do so many famous tweets end with the word “sad”? 81
The wrong end of the BUMMER 85
High castle 90
ARGUMENT EIGHT
SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HAVE ECONOMIC DIGNITY
Double BUMMER 93
Baby BUMMER 94
Conflicted BUMMER 97
BUMMER blinders 98
Better than BUMMER 99
The corp perspective 103
The user perspective 104
ARGUMENT NINE
SOCIAL MEDIA IS MAKING POLITICS IMPOSSIBLE
Arc burn 107
Arab Spring 110
Gamergate 113
LGBTQ 114
Neither left nor right, but down 115
Black Lives Matter 117
If only this game were already over 123
ARGUMENT TEN
SOCIAL MEDIA HATES YOUR SOUL
I met a metaphysical metaphor 125
The first four principles of BUMMER spirituality 126
BUMMER faith 132
BUMMER heaven 134
Existence without BUMMER 136
BUMMER anti-magic 137
CONCLUSION: CATS HAVE NINE LIVES
Thank-yous 145
About the Author 147
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读后感
用户评价
这本书的结构安排实在有些跳跃，缺乏必要的过渡和铺垫。有时候，作者会突然从宏观的社会学批判，猛地跳到某个极其微小的个人隐私泄露案例，这种节奏上的不协调，让读者的大脑需要不断地进行“模式重置”。我发现自己时常需要回溯前几页，以确定我们讨论的到底是哪个层面的问题。而且，对于那些声称被社交媒体严重影响的用户群体，例如青少年群体，本书提供的具体替代方案显得过于笼统和理想化。没有人会在读完后立刻拥有一个完全脱离数字世界的全新生活方式。更实际的建议是关于如何设置更好的隐私权限、如何管理通知、如何有意识地选择关注对象等等，这些“战术性”的指导才是普通人真正需要的“救生圈”。这本书更像是一篇激昂的宣言稿，而非一本操作手册，它成功地激发了读者的焦虑，却没能提供清晰的“逃生路线图”。
这本书的观点实在太偏激了，让人读了心里发毛。作者似乎完全否定了社交媒体的一切正面价值，仿佛它就是现代社会的瘟疫。我理解他想表达“少上网”的理念，但那种近乎恐吓式的论调，让人感觉他是不是亲身经历过什么惊天动地的网络创伤。他把所有的数据隐私泄露、信息茧房效应都归咎于一个“删除”的终极解决方案，却很少探讨更具操作性的“如何健康使用”的路径。比如，对于那些需要通过社交平台维持国际联系的家庭，或者依靠社媒平台进行小规模商业运营的人来说，这种“一刀切”的建议显得何不食肉糜。我更希望看到的是一种平衡的视角，承认其弊端的同时，也探讨如何在算法的洪流中保持清醒的批判性思维。这种过于绝对化的立场，反而削弱了其说服力，让我更倾向于将其视为一种极端的思想实验，而非实用的生活指南。读完后，我没有感到被解放，反而多了一层戒备心，好像随时随地都有人在窥视我的数字足迹，这种挥之不去的焦虑感，真是得不偿失。
坦白讲，阅读体验称不上愉悦，更像是在接受一场冗长而令人疲惫的说教。行文的逻辑推进总是带着一种强烈的目的性，似乎每一个论点都只是为了导向最终那个“必须删除”的结论，缺乏了深入探讨和多维度分析的余裕。作者的文笔不算晦涩，但反复强调的那些负面后果，久而久之便显得单调乏味，如同一个老调重弹的警示录。我感觉自己像是在听一个极度负面的“世界末日”预言，而不是在接受一次理性的自我审视。如果能多花笔墨去描绘一下数字排毒后的真实生活图景，例如心灵的宁静、专注力的回归，那种积极的、可触摸的改变，或许能更有力地激励读者。现在的版本更像是恐吓，而不是邀请。我一直在寻找那种能让我拍案叫绝的“洞察点”，结果只找到了一堆反复被提及的、已经被广泛讨论过的弊病，用一种近乎夸张的语气重新包装了一遍。期待的是思想的碰撞，得到的却是单方面的灌输。
不得不承认，作者对于社交媒体商业模式的运作机制的剖析，是全书中相对比较扎实的部分。他对注意力经济的描述，那种将用户视为待收割的“数字农场”的比喻，相当辛辣且到位。然而，一旦讨论开始转向“如何应对”或“我们应该成为什么样的人”时，论调就开始变得飘忽不定，充满了哲学思辨，却少了实操的根基。很多论述都建立在“人是完全理性的”这一理想化假设之上，认为只要我们看到了真相，就会自动做出正确的选择。现实是，人类行为深受环境和习惯的驱动，删除账户是一个极端的行为，而大部分人需要的只是一个能有效对抗习惯的力量。这本书在揭露问题时像一把锋利的手术刀，但在给出治疗方案时，却像拿着一把过于粗糙的锤子，显得笨拙且缺乏精细度。对于那些已经深度嵌入数字生活的人来说，这种“全盘推翻”的建议，在执行层面是几乎不可能完成的任务。
从文学角度来看，这本书的叙事风格充满了强烈的、几乎是舞台化的戏剧冲突感。作者似乎总是在试图营造一种“我们与数字巨头之间的史诗级斗争”的氛围，这使得阅读过程带有一丝娱乐性，仿佛在看一场关于现代人精神困境的黑色喜剧。然而，这种过度的戏剧化处理，反而稀释了其核心论点的严肃性。我希望看到的是一种冷静、克制的分析，能够让我平静地审视自己的数字生活，而不是被一种被放大的危机感所裹挟。更重要的是，我对书中对人类社交需求的简化处理感到不满。人与人之间的连接是复杂且多层次的，社交媒体只是其中一种（虽然是有缺陷的）表达形式。将所有连接都归结为“肤浅的赞美循环”，是对人类情感交流的过度简化。我期待的是对数字时代人际关系复杂性的深入挖掘，而不是一味地唱衰。
如果废话和重复的话能没那么多就好了
如果废话和重复的话能没那么多就好了
脚注里包括一些有意思的研究，that’s about IT.
很激进哦。不过也许激进的性格才能make things happen吧。对我来说远没有之前读的The Weapons of Math Destruction有理有据的好看。所以看完书以后我一个social media account都没有删除。不过我喜欢序言里的比喻。我们应该在这个信息爆炸的时代学会做一只独立的猫，而不是被驯养的狗。
很激进哦。不过也许激进的性格才能make things happen吧。对我来说远没有之前读的The Weapons of Math Destruction有理有据的好看。所以看完书以后我一个social media account都没有删除。不过我喜欢序言里的比喻。我们应该在这个信息爆炸的时代学会做一只独立的猫，而不是被驯养的狗。
