Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the other. It's almost always the case that our worst behaviour comes out when we're switched to the mob setting. The problem with a lot of software designs is that they switch us to that setting.
I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook. - Jaron Lanier
I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook.
- Jaron Lanier
It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering. - Jaron Lanier
It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.
If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to advertising instead of musicians, journ… - Jaron Lanier
If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to advertising instead of musicians, journ…
The network by itself is meaningless. Only the people were ever meaningful. - Jaron Lanier
The network by itself is meaningless. Only the people were ever meaningful.
An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipul… - Jaron Lanier
An economy where advertisers thrive while journalists and artists struggle, reflects the values of a society more interested in deception and manipul…
America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people f… - Jaron Lanier
America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people f…
Humans change themselves through technology. - Jaron Lanier
Humans change themselves through technology.
Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the… - Jaron Lanier
Human beings either function as individuals or as members of a pack. There's a switch inside us, deep in our spirit, that you can turn one way or the…
We should talk about the ultimate cause of war. It's a question we should never stop asking, because if we do, there's a chance, however remote, that… - Jaron Lanier
We should talk about the ultimate cause of war. It's a question we should never stop asking, because if we do, there's a chance, however remote, that…
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