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Jaron Lanier interview on how social media ruins your life
A Channel 4 News interview with technologist Jaron Lanier, who argues that social media damages people's lives. He discusses how Facebook, YouTube and Google use algorithms and data collection to shape what users see.
Why HN readers recommended it
Offered as a concise summary of the economics and manipulation behind social media addiction in Facebook-related threads.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Channel 4 News
- Topic
- social media harms
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2019
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From the original HN conversations
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