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The Great Indian Brain Rot : Love, Lies and Algorithms in Digital India

by Anurag Minus Verma (Goodreads Author)

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“Why are we so good at accumulating more information and power, but far less successful at acquiring wisdom?”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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“... democracy doesn't mean majority rule; rather, it means freedom and equality for all. Democracy is a system that guarantees everyone certain liberties, which even the majority cannot take away.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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“People don’t get depressed when they face threats collectively; they get depressed when they feel isolated, lonely, or useless.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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“This is the great irony of social media: the more you immerse yourself in it, the more lonely and depressed you become.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

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“History isn’t the study of the past; it is the study of change. History teaches us what remains the same, what changes, and how things change.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

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