Who Owns the Future? (2013)

Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.

Ekonomiska aspekter Informationssamhället Informationsteknik Economics Tekniska innovationer Technological innovations Economic aspects Information technology Media Studies Information society Technological innovations, economic aspects Power (social sciences)

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Contemporary, earnest, spare and epic.

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Author: Jaron Lanier
First published: 2013
Pages: 406
Publisher: Allen Lane, Penguin Books, Limited, Simon & Schuster Paperback
Editions: 7
Language: English
ISBN: 9781664624078

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“We're used to treating information as "free"*, but the price we pay for the illusion of "free" is only workable so long as most of the overall economy isn't about information.”