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The provided passages do not explicitly detail the "practical implications" of deleting social media accounts. However, they do allude to significant negative impacts of social media that deleting accounts would presumably mitigate.
The passages suggest that social media has a tendency to bring out the worst in us, make politics terrifying, and trick us with illusions of popularity and success [Passage 2]. Furthermore, social media can twist our relationship with the truth, disconnect us from others, and rob us of our free will through targeted ads and algorithms used by wealthy corporations [Passage 2]. These corporations make money by being paid to manipulate user behavior [Passage 1, Passage 2]. The loss to personal dignity, happiness, and freedom is described as catastrophic [Passage 1].
While these passages highlight the detrimental effects of social media, they do not directly outline the specific practical implications of deleting social media accounts, such as what becomes different in daily life or what new opportunities arise.
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eing paid to manipulate our behavior? How could the benefits of social media possibly outweigh the catastrophic losses to our personal dignity, happiness, and freedom? Lanier remains a tech optimist, so while demonstrating the evil that rules social media business models today, he also envisions a humanistic setting for social networking that can direct us toward a richer and fuller way of living and connecting with our world.
Title: Ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now by Jaron Lanier Description: You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that were better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms. Laniers reasons for freeing ourselves from social medias poisonous grip include its tendency to bring out the worst in us, to…