The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world / Max Fisher.

"We all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. But the truth is that its reach and impact run far deeper than we have understood. Building on years of international reporting, Max Fisher tells the gripping and galling inside story...

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Main Author: Fisher, Max (Author)
Other title:Inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Prologue: Consequences -- Trapped in the casino -- Everything is Gamergate -- Opening the portal -- Tyranny of cousins -- Awakening the machine -- The fun house mirror -- The germs and the wind -- Church bells -- The rabbit hole -- The new overlords -- Dictatorship of the like -- Infodemic -- Epilogue: Whistleblowing. 
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