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to interesting people, useful information, and new ideas, than ever before—and that’s a great thing! But any new technology has both upsides and downsides. The invention of the car was an amazing achievement, but we also needed to invent traffic laws, stop signs, and seatbelts in order to be safe. Along the same lines, we need to understand the ways in which social media could put us at risk, and use that understanding to make our interactions with it as positive as they can be. You don’t need to fear the Internet, but you do need to understand it. After you are done with this book, check out the resources and organizations listed at the back. They will help you continue exploring the ways we can use social media to our benefit, rather than letting it use us.

More and more people are letting their lives be consumed by social media.

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