Books to bring us together: Jennifer Egan, Howard Jacobson, Monica Ali and more share their picks | Books
Jennifer Egan: Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron LanierLanier’s provocatively titled book may in itself appear divisive, but the tools for unity are abundant within this brief and lucid volume. Chief among them is Lanier’s reminder that strife and division –– conflict, in other words –– are encouraged, incited, stoked and rewarded by the online platforms that many of us use to communicate. Lanier is a longtime tech insider (he coined the phrase “virtual reality” in the 1980s) who…