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The Fifth Risk - Michael Lewis
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Two quotes from the book:
"All social media powers were founded on the optimistic promise that a more close knit and communal world would be a better one."
"We are so screwed it's beyond what most of us can imagine. And depending on how far you look into the future, it just gets worse."
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media is a history guide of how we got from the first to the second quote in such a short period of time (Facebook is only about 14 years old). Reading this book at times frustra ...more
"All social media powers were founded on the optimistic promise that a more close knit and communal world would be a better one."
"We are so screwed it's beyond what most of us can imagine. And depending on how far you look into the future, it just gets worse."
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media is a history guide of how we got from the first to the second quote in such a short period of time (Facebook is only about 14 years old). Reading this book at times frustra ...more
"There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!" -Cosmo from Sneakers
This is one amazing book that should scare you about the LikeWar we are living in. "War and politics have never been so intertwined" and " we're all part of the battle." ...more
This is one amazing book that should scare you about the LikeWar we are living in. "War and politics have never been so intertwined" and " we're all part of the battle." ...more
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