Restoring Our Sanity Online – A Revolutionary Social Framework - Mark Weinstein

2026 AXIOM "GOLD" AWARD — "OUTSTANDING BOOK OF THE YEAR" “This is a must-read for anyone concerned with where we are today and looking for a better path forward.†-Steve Wozniak, Co-founder, Apple Inc. Big Tech is driving us, our kids, and society mad. In the nick of time, Restoring Our Sanity Online presents the bold, revolutionary framework for an epic reboot. What would social media look like if it nourished our critical thinking, mental health, privacy, civil discourse, and democracy? Is that even possible? Restoring Our Sanity Online is the entertaining, informative, and frequently jaw-dropping social reset by Mark Weinstein, contemporary tech leader, privacy expert, and one of the visionary inventors of social networking. This book is for all of us. Casual and heavy users of social media, parents, teachers, students, techies, entrepreneurs, investors, and elected officials. Restoring Our Sanity Online is the catapult to an exciting, enriching, and authentic future. Readers will embark on a captivating journey leading to an inspiring and actionable reinvention. Restoring Our Sanity Online includes thought-provoking insights including: Empowering You—Social Media User, Content CreatorIn The Crosshairs: Privacy And AnonymitySaving Our Kids From The AbyssSurprise! Social Media Can Be Good For Your Mental HealthIs AI The High-Tech Tattletale In Your Social Experience?Lifting the Veil On Bots and TrollsFacts, Opinions, Lies—Who Decides?Web3 Is Here—What The Heck Is It?Is There a Better Way?