#154 Restoring Our Sanity Online (with Mark Weinstein)

What would social media look like if it nourished our critical thinking, mental health, privacy, civil discourse, and democracy? Is that even possible?

Mark Weinstein is a world-renowned tech entrepreneur, privacy expert, contemporary thought leader, and author of Restoring Our Sanity Online. An early pioneer of social media platforms in the 1990s, Mark has become a vocal critic of the current state of social media and the business model of “surveillance capitalism” which monitors and monetizes all aspects of our lives, treating users like products. The results are obvious to many of us: the experience of social media often undermines rather than supports our wellbeing as humans.

In Restoring Our Sanity Online, Mark proposes a revolutionary framework for ethical, user-centric social media platforms that prioritize privacy, data control, and civil discourse. With an emphasis on a holistic approach that calls for systemic change at the individual, familial, and governmental levels, Mark calls for a rethinking of how we approach technology and social connectivity in the digital age.

"You Reading This, Be Ready" by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift this new glimpse that you found; carry into evening all that you want from this day. This interval you spent reading or hearing this, keep it for life – What can anyone give you greater than now, starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

Show Notes:

* https://www.markweinsteininventor.com/

* Restoring Our Sanity Online by Mark Weinstein

* The Rise of Surveillance Capitalism | Mark Weinstein | TEDxIVC

* Technology expert shares the one message that can get teens to rethink their screen time.

Connect with Andy:

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjcahill/

* Instagram: instagram.com/wonderdomepodcast​

* Firelight - Winter Solstice 2024

* Register Here

Get full access to The Wonder Dome at wonderdome.substack.com/subscribe