Offline
Free Your Mind from Smartphone and Social Media Stress
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Authors Imran Rashid and Soren Kenner have sparked an international debate by revealing the “mind hacks” Facebook, Apple, Google, and Instagram use to get you and your children hooked on their products. In Offline, they deliver an eye-opening research-based journey into the world of tech giants, smartphones, social engineering, and subconscious manipulation. This provocative work shows you how digital devices change individuals and communities for better and worse. A must-read if you or your kids use smartphones or tablets and spend time browsing social networks, playing online games or even just browsing sites with news and entertainment. Learn how to recognize ‘mind hacks’ and avoid the potentially disastrous side-effects of digital pollution. Unplug from the matrix. Learn digital habits that work for you.
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Decent book with some good points. BUT oh man, the repetition. Concepts were beaten to death even going so far as to literally say at the end “We presented the same list in the introduction...” and then proceeding to copy and paste the content from the beginning all over again. I know repetition helps learning but maybe it also helps bulk up a book when you need to get it to print and you haven't quite got enough content also?
Still, it was an inspiring read despite this obvious flaw.
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Decent book with some good points. BUT oh man, the repetition. Concepts were beaten to death even going so far as to literally say at the end “We presented the same list in the introduction...” and then proceeding to copy and paste the content from the beginning all over again. I know repetition helps learning but maybe it also helps bulk up a book when you need to get it to print and you haven't quite got enough content also?
Still, it was an inspiring read despite this obvious flaw.