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. Jaron Lanier acceptastonishbasically share on social
If we enter into the kind of world that Google likes, the world that Google wants, it's a world where information is copied so much on the Internet that nobody knows where it came from anymore, so there can't be any rights of authorship. Jaron Lanier anymoreauthorshipcopy share on social
After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people. Jaron Lanier deathdifficultymother Change image and share on social
I do real paintings, you know. I'm a little messy in the studio, so I'm a bit of a danger. But I just adore it. Jaron Lanier adorebitedanger Change image and share on social
The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a seductive way, first and foremost, but as a side effect they tend to provide software support for mob-like phenomena. Jaron Lanier agencybasicdatum share on social
I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface. Jaron Lanier changecomplexitycrummy Change image and share on social
An intelligent person feels guilty for downloading music without paying the musician, but they use this free-open-culture ideology to cover it. Jaron Lanier coverculturedownload Change image and share on social
If you're old enough to have a job and to have a life, you use Facebook exactly as advertised, you look up old friends. Jaron Lanier advertisefacebookfriend Change image and share on social
We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential. Jaron Lanier beautifulbusinesscomputer Change image and share on social
Mobs and dictators were made for each other, and when mobs appear, dictators will soon flourish. Jaron Lanier dictatorflourishmake Change image and share on social
