Who Owns the Future?
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier, published by Simon and Schuster on May 7, 2013, is a thought-provoking exploration of the economic and social implications of digital networks. In this first edition, Lanier, a prominent thinker and pioneer of virtual reality, addresses the troubling concentration of wealth and power facilitated by technology. He examines how the exploitation of big data and the free sharing of information have contributed to economic downturns, compromised personal privacy, and weakened the middle class.
Readers will find a critical analysis of the current digital landscape, where social media, financial institutions, and intelligence agencies play significant roles. Lanier presents a vision for a more equitable future, advocating for an information economy that compensates individuals for their contributions online. This 396-page book delves into themes of economics, technology, and social science, offering insights into how we might reshape our digital interactions for the better.
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THE DAZZLING NEW MASTERWORK FROM THE PROPHET OF SILICON VALLEY
Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.
Lanier has predicted how technology will transform our humanity for decades, and his insight has never been more urgently needed. He shows how Siren Servers, which exploit big data and the free sharing of information, led our economy into recession, imperiled personal privacy, and hollowed out the middle class. The networks that define our world—including social media, financial institutions, and intelligence agencies—now threaten to destroy it.
But there is an alternative. In this provocative, poetic, and deeply humane book, Lanier charts a path toward a brighter future: an information economy that rewards ordinary people for what they do and share on the web.
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