Book · 2019 · Computers
Zucked
Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe
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I wrote this book because I realized that this transition is so complicated that it needed someone to step forward and say it's not really about technology it's really about people.
Roger McNamee · The Book Review · Feb 2019 Listen at 9:44 What they say about it
- Author discusses writing the book“I wrote this book”2
The best things said about it
It's really complicated and I wrote the book to demystify it to make the explanation palatable to the parents of teenagers that very simply put this isn't actually a technology problem.
Roger McNamee The Book Review · Feb 2019 My hope is with the book is that people understand that as individuals as human beings we have more power than we realize in the vernacular Facebook Google we are users.
Roger McNamee The Book Review · Feb 2019 I saw something wrong in a you know in a situation I where I was not expecting it and I kept pulling on the thread and I used the narrative Arc of my Discovery to share what I learned with the reader.
Roger McNamee The Book Review · Feb 2019 In writing the book I'm giving everyone a path for how to do that.
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Why people recommend it
Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Crisis by Roger McNamee is a revealing insider account that exposes the hidden societal, political, and psychological costs of the platform's unprecedented growth. On The Book Review, host Pamela Paul and guest Gilbert Cruz welcomed McNamee to discuss the origins of his urgent book. Paul walked listeners through McNamee's remarkable transition from an early investor and advisor who tried to warn company executives about brewing problems to an outspoken critic documenting the tech catastrophe. McNamee explained on the podcast that he wrote the book to demystify complex technological shifts, emphasizing that the underlying crisis is fundamentally about human behavior rather than mere engineering. He expressed his hope that readers would recognize their power as individual users rather than feeling helpless against massive corporate entities. Chris Williamson also recommended the book on Modern Wisdom, encouraging his audience to explore the vital warnings contained within its pages. Together, these hosts and guests framed the book as an essential, eye-opening read for parents, teenagers, and anyone seeking to understand the profound influence of modern social media on society.
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Pamela Paul and so in writing the book I'm giving everyone a path for how to do that all right then well that's a great… 2
“recommending her to Mark Zuckerberg to take a job at Facebook rather than go to the Washington Post at the time and calling them up and saying like hey guys looks like there's a problem here to writing a book called zck”
“and so in writing the book I'm giving everyone a path for how to do that all right then well that's a great note to end on hopefully people are paying attention the book again is called zucked waking up to the Facebook catastrophe by Roger mnam”
Chris Williamson link to hooked on Amazon and I advise you to go and check out 1
“link to hooked on Amazon and I advise you to go and check out”
Roger McNamee and I wrote this book because I realized that this transition is so complicated that it needed someone to s… 4
“and I wrote this book because I realized that this transition is so complicated that it needed someone to step forward and say it's not really about technology it's really about people”
“and so my hope is with the book is that people understand that as individuals as human beings we have more power than we realize in the vernacular Facebook Google we are users”
“I saw something wrong in a you know in a situation I where I was not expecting it and I kept pulling on the thread and I used the narrative Arc of my Discovery to share what I learned with the reader”
“it's really complicated and I wrote the book to demystify it to make the explanation palatable to the parents of teenagers that very simply put this isn't actually a technology problem”
Dr. Robert Epstein he actually published a book about two years ago saying uh it was called zucked how how zuckerberg has take… 1
“he actually published a book about two years ago saying uh it was called zucked how how zuckerberg has taken over the world and he basically he said in that book straight out that if he had known what these companies were going to turn into google and facebook he would never never have backed them in those early days”
Gilbert Cruz Roger mnam will be here to talk about his new book zucked looking for a good thriller 1
“Roger mnam will be here to talk about his new book zucked looking for a good thriller”
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“and I've written a book called sucked waking up to the facebook catastrophe which has been a platform for activism”