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The Anti-Social Network
by Scott Merritt 
Scott Christopher Merritt is an author and software entrepreneur who grew up in Southern California. He attended USC, started several companies, and ran a non-profit before taking a break from the tech world to write books.
In addition to writing, he enjoys soccer, tennis, music, snowboarding, social entrepreneurship and discussing ideas with friends.
Explore author Scott Merritt's 3 part series: The Anti-Social Network
A semi-autobiographical reflection on the struggles associated with the aftermath of successfully exiting a startup, while comparatively feeling like a failure in relation to Facebook (Scott Merritt's primary competitor as the founder of a college based social networking startup in 2003)
A potentially hyperbolic exploration of predicted dystopic trends as a result of surveillance capitalism, monopolistic tech companies and irresponsible oversight
A semi-autobiographical exploration of mental health issues and the desire to find purpose by helping others...or maybe just helping oneself
...or check out Scott Merritt's other published books
A near future dystopia based on the ubiquity of neural implants and the loss of free-will as a pursuit of individual and societal happiness...or Collective Bliss
A raw, honest, and creative exploration of recently popularized concepts of determinism, and why they might be either wrong or pre-maturely celebrated by neuroscientists seeking acclaim
Black Mirror-esque stories about creepy futuristic ideas related to emergent technologies such as augemnted reality, space travel, robotics, AI and more...