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“Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth.”

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Jaron Lanier

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

“Some of the fantasy objects arising from cybernetic totalism (like the noosphere, which is a supposed global brain formed by the sum of all the human brains connected through the internet) happen to motivate infelicitous technological designs. For instance, designs that celebrate the noosphere tend to energize the inner troll, or bad actor, within humans.”

Humans Happens Actors Brain Fantasy Design Objects Internet Connected Instance Celebrate Technological Human Brain Troll

Book:You Are Not a Gadget

Source: You Are Not a Gadget

“The nerd flavor of masculinity has overwhelmed the macho kind in real-life power dynamics, and therefore in popular culture.”

Kind Real Culture Real Life Masculinity Flavor Overwhelmed Nerd Dynamics Popular Culture Macho

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“Information doesn’t deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless a person experiences it in a useful way.”

Way Persons Fantasy Information Deserve Tools Abstract

Author:Jaron Lanier

“Separation anxiety is assuaged by constant connection. Young people announce every detail of their lives on services like Twitter not to show off, but to avoid the closed door at bedtime, the empty room, the screaming vacuum of an isolated mind.”

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Book:You Are Not a Gadget

Source: You Are Not a Gadget

“The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share”

People Ifs Thinking Want Made Matter Able Decision Groups Share Design Average Crowds Crap Committees

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“If you love a medium made of software, there's a danger that you will become entrapped in someone else's recent careless thoughts. Struggle against that.”

Ifs Made Struggle Danger Mediums Software Careless

Book:You Are Not a Gadget

Source: You Are Not a Gadget

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