Description
Social media promised connection, but in this incisive investigation, Max Fisher argues that the deeper story is far more consequential: engagement-driven algorithms can reshape what people see, believe, and do. Drawing on data, reporting, and real-world case studies across multiple continents, he traces how platform incentives and “freedom of speech” rhetoric can enable political unrest, intensify tribal conflict, and amplify violence. The book explores the mechanics of the “chaos machine”—a system engineered to distort reality and steer users toward increasingly extreme content, a dynamic that pandemic isolation only accelerated. With a journalist’s clarity and a relentless, evidence-forward style, Fisher shows how the architecture of modern platforms rewires minds and, ultimately, our shared world.
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paperback
Quercus
Published Jan 1, 2022
352 pages
ISBN: 9781529416374
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First Published
2022
Language
eng
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