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“Criticism is always easier than constructive solutions.”

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Jaron Lanier is a writer, musician, and computer scientist. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the field of virtual reality (VR) and is recognized for his critical analysis of network culture in his book 'You Are Not a Gadget'. more

“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.”

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“Facebook says, 'Privacy is theft,' because they're selling your lack of privacy to the advertisers who might show up one day.”

Shows Might One Day Selling Privacy Theft Advertisers

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“Yes, sometimes I think that all my writing is nothing more than the compensatory work of a frustrated painter.”

Thinking Writing Sometimes Painter Frustrated

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“Mobs and dictators were made for each other, and when mobs appear, dictators will soon flourish.”

Made Dictator Made For Each Other

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“Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.”

Thinking Writing Writing And Thinking

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“America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves - Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac went on the road. If they had a Facebook page, they wouldn't have been able to forget their former selves.”

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“I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial sense, and basically traded them for being able to screw around online.”

People Knows Able Young Economic Accepted Online Screws Limited Freedom

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“Advertisers are not thinking radically enough - they look for technology to lead instead of trying the neuroscience approach and thinking about what parts of the brain haven't been activated before. These new experiences bring new capabilities to the brain.”

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Author:Jaron Lanier

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