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Jaron Lanier, the inventor of virtual reality, calls Google’s triumphant, capacious, efficient data centers “Siren Servers,”
George Gilder • Life After Google
Jaron Lanier’s critique of the “hive mind” appears in his book You Are Not a Gadget,
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
If you love a medium made of software, there’s a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else’s recent careless thoughts. Struggle against that!
Jaron Lanier • You Are Not a Gadget (Vintage)
tend to pull us into life patterns that gradually degrade the ways in which each of us exists as an individual.
Jaron Lanier • You Are Not a Gadget (Vintage)
Lanier, Jaron. You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto. Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2010.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Banning billionaires would thus be an indirect fix — the more enduring solution lies in reformulating how digital networks are shaping society.
Jaron Lanier • The dangerous fantasies driving the quest for super-intelligent AI
