{"product_id":"sins-of-the-internet-richard-lowe-9781946458520","title":"Sins of the Internet: Escaping the Psychological Traps of the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe internet was supposed to set us free. Instead, it turned us into products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSins of the Internet: Escaping the Psychological Traps of the Digital Age\u003c\/em\u003e takes a hard look at what the digital world is actually doing to your brain, your relationships, your money, and your sense of reality. Not in a hand-wringing, think-of-the-children way. In a here's-exactly-what's-happening-and-here's-what-you-do-about-it way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter tackles one of the forces that big tech, social media companies, and digital predators use to keep you hooked, manipulated, and spending. Wrath, greed, envy, pride, lust, gluttony, sloth - the seven deadly sins didn't go away when the internet arrived. They got a business model. Add deception, vanity, tribalism, addiction, amnesia, and a dozen more modern plagues, and you've got a complete picture of why the web feels like a rigged game. Because it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a book that wrings its hands and tells you to be careful. Every chapter ends with concrete steps you can take right now to push back, protect yourself, and reclaim some control over your own attention and your own life. You don't have to quit the internet. You just have to stop letting it run you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Lowe has spent decades in technology and has published more than a hundred books on writing, productivity, and the digital world. He brings both the insider knowledge of someone who understands how these systems are built and the anger of someone who is tired of watching people get used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for anyone who has ever doomscrolled until 2 a.m., gotten into a screaming match with a stranger online, bought something they didn't need because an algorithm told them to, or felt vaguely worse about their life after spending an hour on social media. That's most of us. It doesn't have to stay that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Lowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194645852X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946458520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Writing King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Richard Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659820445951,"sku":"9781946458520","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sins-of-the-internet-richard-lowe-9781946458520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}