1. What is social perception and how is it diminished on BUMMER platfoms?

2. How is empathy ruined on BUMMER?

3. What are dark ads and how do they promote division? (82)

4. What epochal development does Lanier refer to that lends to distorted and alienated world views?

5. Why does Lanier say we seem crazy to each other?

6. What does Lanier say are the only files that can't be found on the dark web?

7. How does social anxiety make us more plugged in to social media?

8. What did the very first design for a digital network presume about how the model would work?

9. How did the debate about open source software impact the development of BUMMER platforms?

10. What does Lanier feel is the great injustice about where the money is coming from and who it is flowing to in the current system?

11. What financial model does Lanier think is better than BUMMER?

12. Why does Lanier think that Silicon Valley is acting foolishly

13. What is ironic about how musicians fared in the past compared to today when they can freely promote on BUMMER platforms?

14. What is "Data as Labor" [DAL] and how does it work?

15. Why does Lanier say that getting off the BUMMER business model is ultimately good for companies like Facebook and Google which rely so heavily on it?