If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been lost. Jaron Lanier adorationagendumcongratulatory Change image and share on social
My parents were kind of like me in that they had tons and tons of weird, amazing stuff. Jaron Lanier amazekindparent Change image and share on social
After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people. Jaron Lanier deathdifficultymother Change image and share on social
Google's thing is not advertising because it's not a romanticizing operation. It doesn't involve expression. It's a link. What they're doing is selling access. Jaron Lanier accessadvertiseexpression Change image and share on social
I've always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal. Jaron Lanier adventureapproachcenter share on social
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. Jaron Lanier canaryclasscoalmine Change image and share on social
I feel drawn to experiment with ways that technology can interact with notions of intimacy, because so much of technology is done in a way that's very cold and has such an opposite effect. Jaron Lanier colddraweffect Change image and share on social
Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable. Jaron Lanier economicallysustainablethink Change image and share on social
Create a website that expresses something about who you are that won't fit into the template available to you on a social networking site. Jaron Lanier createexpressfit Change image and share on social
