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About this book
" This is a must-read for anyone concerned with where we are today and looking for a better path forward. "
?Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple Inc.
Big Tech is driving us, our kids, and society mad. In the nick of time, Restoring Our Sanity Online presents the bold, revolutionary framework for an epic reboot. What would social media look like if it nourished our critical thinking, mental health, privacy, civil discourse, and democracy? Is that even possible?
Restoring Our Sanity Online is the entertaining, informative, and frequently jaw-dropping social reset by Mark Weinstein, contemporary tech leader, privacy expert, and one of the visionary inventors of social networking. This book is for all of us. Casual and heavy users of social media, parents, teachers, students, techies, entrepreneurs, investors, and elected officials. Restoring Our Sanity Online is the catapult to an exciting, enriching, and authentic future. Readers will embark on a captivating journey leading to an inspiring and actionable reinvention. Restoring Our Sanity Online includes thought-provoking insights including:
- Empowering You—Social Media User, Content Creator
- In The Crosshairs: Privacy And Anonymity
- Saving Our Kids From The Abyss
- Surprise! Social Media Can Be Good For Your Mental Health
- Is AI The High-Tech Tattletale In Your Social Experience?
- Lifting the Veil On Bots and Trolls
- Facts, Opinions, Lies—Who Decides?
- Web3 Is Here—What The Heck Is It?
- Is There a Better Way?
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1 My Adventures in Web1 and Web2: The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism
- 2 Uncanny Parallels: Big Ag, Big Energy, Big Tech
- 3 Promising Movements Afoot
- 4 Web3 Is Here: What the Heck Is It?
- 5 A Healthy Dose of Web3 Reality
- 6 Meet Your New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
- 7 Is There a Better Way?
- 8 Empowering You: Social Media User, Creator, Star
- 9 Do I Need a Social Media Wallet: Is There Money in It?
- 10 How Do We Overcome C-Suite Tyranny?
- 11 In the Crosshairs: Privacy and Anonymity
- 12 User ID Verification: Friend or Foe?
- 13 Saving Our Kids from the Abyss
- 14 Surprise! Social Media Can Be Good for Your Mental Health
- 15 Is AI the High-Tech Tattletale in Your Social Experience?
- 16 Lifting the Veil on Bots and Trolls
- 17 Balancing Act: Free Speech versus Moderation
- 18 Facts, Opinions, Lies: Who Decides?
- 19 Seven Lessons for the Street Fight
- 20 Welcome to Web4: The Restoration of Sanity
- 21 Taking It to the Streets
- Appendix A: Advice to Legislators
- Appendix B: Accountability Structures for Restoration Networking
- Appendix C: Revenue Superchargers
- Appendix D: Seven-Point Prescription to Vanquish Bots and Trolls
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- End User License Agreement