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Archives: Jaron Lanier

What Is Summer Reading but Life Writ Large?

Time to review summer reading, not only what is on the list but also the very idea of summer reading. Summer reading takes us to a place outside ourselves, but for people involved with publishing, that far-off place is part of day-to-day reality.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Aug 20, 2013
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Jaron Lanier Discusses Power Laws, Centralized Publishing, and the Social Perils of Free Information

An interview in IEEE Spectrum with Jaron Lanier touches on the perils of free information, including shrinking the information economy, creating a few powerful players, and providing the government free tools of power.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jul 29, 2013
  • 13 Comments

Monkeys vs. Robots: The Mysteries of Identity in the Age of Facebook

Facebook continues to try to redefine identity as an addressable single element for its business model. Should we monkeys allow it?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • May 23, 2010
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The Internet’s Extended Cultural Memory — Is It Sapping Our Creativity?

One of the great benefits of the Internet is how it has extended our cultural memory. But has this also stolen our freedom of thought, our ability to create original works of art?

  • By David Crotty
  • Feb 25, 2010
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“You Are Not a Gadget” — Why Open Culture and Technocentric Philosophies Are Ruining Our Lives

Jason Lanier’s manifesto about the open culture exposes its lack of ingenuity, its commercial depredations, its amoral world view, and its elitist predilections. It’s worth reading in full.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Feb 22, 2010
  • 42 Comments

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