We imagine "pure" cybernetic systems, but we can prove only that we know how to build fairly dysfunctional ones. We kid ourselves when we think we understand something, even a computer, merely because we can model or digitize it.
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.
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…
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…
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