Because it sells there will be a million books on how bad social media are in 2026 and 2027. This book is very different than all of them. This book surveys what techs are doing to harm societies the last 75 years, much broader sample than "for profit" Johnny come lately books by big greed bag pubishers. Richard the author bought 800 books on technology and the anthropology of techs and surveyed societies little harmed by techs and ones, like the USA, "subjected" to them with no voice standing against piles of greed bag money. It takes ugly people to ruin teenage girls as side-effect of conveniences. The book starts rapid fire with the main points of the book, a proviso that minds simultaneously pursue opposites (we want to fit in and stand out--at the same time)! 4 antropologists from XEROX PARC where RIchard ran a lob, then Mircea Eliade on "primitive tribal societies" where all compose perform design in annual festivals while rich nation populations sit sit sit watching a rich few act, perform, sing, design--YUK. We have been losing socialness for centuries. Thank you industrial revolution. The book presents many detailed data derived models of WHAT WE HAVE LOST hence WHAT WE MIGHT GAIN by deliberate current from now effort. The book dismisses nearly all tech as NICE BUT NOT NICE and hence non-essential. We can enjoy life far more without it. Richard has a degree in AI from MIT in 1971---he has known the edge of digitech for decades and uses a 1982 non-microsoft wordprocessor---because conveniences and usually not convenient--updates are NOT for users but for profits. YUK. This book liberates you.