"In For ALL the People, Michael Slaby shows us how to think anew about media and the tsunami of information coming at us in our age of technology. This is a book for all of us, offering insights and actions to help make sense of our new world and connect more powerfully with one another."

“Michael Slaby’s For ALL the People should be required reading for anyone who watches the news or engages in social media (so pretty much all of us). Slaby is the Yuval Noah Harari of media and pointedly outlines the fracture of our culture and democracy while providing hopeful next steps for how we can redesign our systems for a more civically minded world.”

“Our world is in desperate need of leadership. Strong, principled, visionary leadership that provides comfort to those who feel anxious and depleted after years of political rancour, and a path forward that inspires and empowers us all to take action and drive change. What Michael Slaby has put forward in For ALL the People confirms his status as one of those leaders. The book combines the big thinking that is too often lacking from today's political dialogue and action steps that will actually make a difference. To say it is a must-read is an understatement."

“For ALL the People is utterly necessary and timely. Slaby illuminates the how and why driving the existential dysfunction of our media ecosystem, and offers an incisive, thorough prescription towards something better. Essential reading for every storyteller, politician, technologist, and citizen.”

"It is possible for our modern media systems to be forces for good—forces that propel us towards a civic discourse of empathy, nuance, and equality. In For ALL the People, Michael Slaby shows us how."

"Nothing is easier than blaming social media for our broken national dialog. If only it was that simple. How we communicate with one another is both symptom and cause. In For ALL the People, Michael Slaby does stellar work explaining how we got to this point as a society, and even more important, presents a compelling—and constructive—vision of where we go from here."

"Required reading for anyone working in media, technology, or civic life. This thoughtful dissection of modern media and its impact on democracy has implications for both public and private sector leaders. Slaby paints a picture of a new reality where civic conversation is productive and spurs on innovation. With clear, incremental steps to guide the construction of these new spaces, a healthy civic dialogue is in reach for all Americans."

"This book is for anyone who has thought to themselves, "It doesn't have to be this way." Michael Slaby offers a vivid re-imagining of civic life in America, one in which technology and media bring us together, instead of tearing us apart; one in which we unlearn the habits ingrained in us by a media economy optimized to capture our attention by any means necessary. Slaby shows us that it is possible to abandon the zero sum mentality we've been conditioned to embrace, and reminds us that it is up to us to create the culture we wish we had — one born of community, dialogue, and the stories we tell."

"For All the People examines how technology has rapidly and fundamentally changed how we engage in civil discourse, interact with governing institutions, and what can happen when systems are manipulated by those seeking to erode the pillars of a democratic society. After four years of spiraling through disinformation cycles and infodemics, Slaby puts forward important ideas that can move us towards restoring trust in the information we receive and enable a return to progress."

""In For ALL The People, Slaby indeed writes for all the people: the trials and truths, the prescriptions and possibilities he outlines are universally applicable to people and societies everywhere. Indeed, the fraying of American culture was presaged by the fraying of polities in other parts of the world in preceding years. But, it then also holds that the commitments Slaby insists we as Americans can make today, both individually and institutionally, should give hope to people everywhere, too: for if the problems of design, discourse and democracy that have swept our national culture in recent years are, in fact, currents that travel far beyond our shores, then his insistence that we redesign, reclaim, restore and then finally redeem the shared experiences that constitute our modern media here should awaken all Americans to our opportunity to set an example for all the world."

"My greatest concern about the increased division and hyper-partisanship of the last decade is the unfounded belief that it is happening to us, not by us. The existential threat in that belief is the lack of agency to fix it. For ALL the People does two critical things -- it helps us understand how we got here, and it reminds us that we have the agency to repair it. Perhaps most importantly, and prophetically, he shows that indeed we are the only ones who can."

"Michael Slaby offers a prescription to cure our social media ills, from redesigning the platforms to how we reclaim our own voices and stories. It's a must read for anyone interested in disrupting the toxic social echo chambers and bring about positive change."

"Digital connectivity envelopes human kind yet arrives with a cruel surprise: disconnectedness. Michael Slaby’s clear writing and caring heart provide pathways for necessary ‘we’s’ who embrace and gain from differences instead of raging inside filter bubbles at imagined enemies for the irreversible sin of impurity."

"For All the People is a deep dive into modern media systems and human behavior. Expertly weaving a story of how we got here and what we can do about it, Slaby has written a book that empowers us as citizens to engage with one another to create the world in which we want to live. He outlines steps we can take together that would lead to a world that has healthier platforms (designed for people not revenue) and hopefully one day maybe even jetpacks."

"Michael Slaby offers us a new conversation about the societal stories that define us and how to leverage innovation to reclaim the political conversation. In a world dominated by hot takes and clever sarcasm, this is an earnest, optimistic must-read that can help us understand how we got here and can now lead us to a better place as a nation."

"For ALL the People expertly lays out the broken logic of Big Tech’s business model. Our inability to rein in these companies has cost us more than our attention spans; the platforms driving our current media environment have given once marginalized extremists the tools they desperately crave to capture the attention of millions. Checking that system, including the steps outlined sharply in this book, is a crucial move towards racial justice. This book is required reading for anyone fighting for a truly equal and representative democracy and the culture required to sustain it."