Jaron Lanier is een visionaire denker wiens werk de grenzen van technologie en kunst overstijgt. Hij duikt in de complexe relatie tussen de mensheid en de digitale wereld, en onderzoekt de sociale en filosofische implicaties van technologische praktijken. Zijn inzichten in virtual reality en kunstmatige intelligentie, samen met zijn overpeinzingen over de aard van bewustzijn en informatie, bieden een tot nadenken stemmend perspectief op onze toekomst. Lanier's geschriften en lezingen dagen ons uit om na te denken over hoe wij technologie vormgeven en hoe deze op zijn beurt ons vormgeeft.
You might have trouble imagining life without your social media accounts, but virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier insists that were better off without them. In Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Lanier, who participates in no social media, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to leave these dangerous online platforms.
Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology Bridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body, Dawn of the New Everything is a look at what it means to be human at a moment of unprecedented technological possibility. Through a fascinating look back over his life in technology, Jaron Lanier, an interdisciplinary scientist and father of the term “virtual reality,” exposes VR’s ability to illuminate and amplify our understanding of our species, and gives readers a new perspective on how the brain and body connect to the world. An inventive blend of autobiography, science writing, philosophy and advice, this book tells the wild story of his personal and professional life as a scientist, from his childhood in the UFO territory of New Mexico, to the loss of his mother, the founding of the first start-up, and finally becoming a world-renowned technological guru. Understanding virtual reality as being both a scientific and cultural adventure, Lanier demonstrates it to be a humanistic setting for technology. While his previous books offered a more critical view of social media and other manifestations of technology, in this book he argues that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller.
As you read this, thousands of remote computers are refining secret models of who you are, using the information to make huge fortunes for a few people. Does the future have to be this way? How can we change it? In this visionary book Jaron Lanier imagines an alternative, where economic power is given back to creators. Drawing on sources ranging from ancient philosophy to the latest technology, he proposes a radical system that truly rewards endeavour - whether it's in the media or manufacturing - and ultimately preserves human dignity. 'Lanier has a poet's sensibility.' Financial Times 'A mind as boundless as the internet.' Evening Standard 'A tour d'horizon of what we'll have to cope with in the near future.' Independent 'An exhilarating, loveable book.' Scotland on Sunday 'Inspiring . . . intelligent and subtle.' Guardian
Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary, offers this provocative and cautionary look at the way technology is transforming lives for better and for worse.