Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity

After all, we do far more of it than any other generation in the world. In many ways, it’s actually making us better.ĭon’t believe me? Even critics have to agree that our writing has improved because of social media. It might be easy to think that it’s all bad and that we’re all less intelligent because of these platforms, but that’s not true. While there are a lot of negative effects of the social media storm, there have been some benefits. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: People’s writing skills have improved because of Twitter. People are mean on the internet because of anonymity.Īre you as anonymous as you think when you’re interacting online? You might be surprised after reading this one! Let’s go!.The more online connections you have, the more innovative ideas you will get, and the closer you will be to your spouse.Twitter actually makes people better at writing.Here are the 3 best lessons I got from this book: What would this kind of information tell us about ourselves if we could read it? Well, we don’t have to wonder because Christian Rudder’s Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity–What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves summarizes all of it! And the results are quite shocking. And especially when we can erase browser history and encrypt our devices.īut every time you comment or share, the company that owns whatever site you’re on can use that data however they like. It’s easy to look at our accounts in online spaces and think this way and that there are no consequences for our actions. After all, what’s the harm in saying something hurtful if nobody knows it’s you? If you’ve ever skimmed through a YouTube comments section or just about any Reddit thread, you know how awful people can be online. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account*: