Finding Yourself in The Age of Social Media

Read This Book Before You Delete Your Social Media Accounts! You are interested in the effects social media has on your quality of life. Maybe you saw the movie The Social Dilemma. Now you have more questions than answers. Is everything as scary as it sounds? Should I destroy my phone? Move into a cave? Where do I go from here? Follow Software Engineer Nicholas Carter's four-year journey through the ups and downs of social media. Learn his lessons from years of experimentation and observation. Explore real-world exercises and practical habits meant to help master your use of social media, smartphones, and connected technology. Peek behind the curtain of social media and understand the objectives of the billionaires who run them. Knowledge is power. Understanding social media's nature builds the foundation needed to overcome the manipulation and leave anxiety behind. Maybe things aren't as bad as they seem. Perhaps social media isn't destroying society. But we know it's doing something. Don't just think about it. Take your first steps today. This isn't a book about shunning technology. This is the instruction guide for becoming a Power User on the wild west frontier of The Internet. Be the person you were meant to be. Leave your mark. Change the World. Reviews
Nicholas gives us an excellent glimpse behind the proverbial tech curtain, helping us understand how and why our gadgets are designed to be so engaging. With humor and straight talk, he takes a complex problem and whittles it down into something we can easily digest. This book is an easy read, anything but preachy and one I can't recommend enough for individual's searching for life-tech balance. Claudia Erickson
Founder, the Unplugged Village About The Author
Nicholas Carter used to run sandiegopunk.com. Now he studies social media and other hindrances to the purpose of life. He is currently working on a social media experiment to help us come together and agree on some of the truisms about reality. He also sits on the adviser board for https: //www.nationaldayofunplugging.com