You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Lanier, Jaron

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer...
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Lanier, Jaron

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

CHF 26.51

You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

CHF 26.51
Author: Jaron Lanier
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for worse.

Informed by Lanier's experience and expertise as a computer scientist, You Are Not a Gadget discusses the technical and cultural problems that have unwittingly risen from programming choices--such as the nature of user identity--that were "locked-in" at the birth of digital media and considers what a future based on current design philosophies will bring. With the proliferation of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 designs that elevate the "wisdom" of mobs and computer algorithms over the intelligence and wisdom of individuals, his message has never been more urgent.

Author: Jaron Lanier
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/08/2011
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.33w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780307389978


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 02/13/2011 pg. 30
New York Review of Books 06/23/2011 pg. 33

About the Author

Jaron Lanier is known as the father of virtual reality technology and has worked on the interface between computer science and medicine, physics, and neuroscience. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Visit the author's website at www.jaronlanier.com.

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