I think the whole article is worth a read, but this part was possibly the most infuriating: Edit: Clipped the wrong paragraph :/ that's embarrassing.
I think the whole article is worth a read, but this part was possibly the most infuriating:
The pandemic had only complicated his relationship with his peers, he said. Many people in Silicon Valley were fleeing, to panic bunkers and second homes and survival compounds in New Zealand. Some of them were even inviting Lanier along. “A few people have called me from time to time and said, ‘Hey, you have to get in on our New Zealand thing,’ ” Lanier confided. “I'm like, ‘No.…’ I just feel like, if we can fuck it up here, why can't we fuck up New Zealand? What's better about New Zealand than here? It's even riskier for earthquakes, so the only thing about it that's inviting is we haven't fucked it up yet. This idea that you can fuck up the world, but then there'll be some part of it that you haven't fucked up, is wrong. If you fuck up the world, you fuck up the whole world, you know?”
Edit: Clipped the wrong paragraph :/ that's embarrassing.
I highly recommend Lanier’s book Who Owns The Future?, which deals with how we can restructure our society to be more equitable in the next century. It was written in the early 2010s so it’s a bit...
I highly recommend Lanier’s book Who Owns The Future?, which deals with how we can restructure our society to be more equitable in the next century. It was written in the early 2010s so it’s a bit more optimistic than this article, but great nonetheless.
I don’t agree with all of his stances, but we are certainly lucky to have someone like Lanier.
I think the whole article is worth a read, but this part was possibly the most infuriating:
Edit: Clipped the wrong paragraph :/ that's embarrassing.
I highly recommend Lanier’s book Who Owns The Future?, which deals with how we can restructure our society to be more equitable in the next century. It was written in the early 2010s so it’s a bit more optimistic than this article, but great nonetheless.
I don’t agree with all of his stances, but we are certainly lucky to have someone like Lanier.