So convinced of the power of manipulation that has been built into the system, Palihapitiya has stopped using social media altogether in his personal life because he “innately didn’t want to get programmed.” Interestingly, many industry leaders are so aware of what is going on beneath the hood of all of these alluring technologies that they not only have sworn off social media but also have chosen to keep their children away from it in their households and send them to tech-free schools.
