Jaron Lanier
Nato: May 03, 1960 – New York City, New York, United States
Jaron Lanier is an American computer scientist, composer, and writer known for pioneering work in virtual reality and for critiquing the social and economic effects of digital platforms. His notable books include You Are Not a Gadget and Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, which broadened public debate on technology ethics.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Jaron Lanier’s career grew out of an unusually improvised early life. Born in New York City in 1960 and raised in southern New Mexico, he was the son of a mother who had survived the Holocaust and a father whose family had fled pogroms in Ukraine. After his mother died in a car crash when he was around ten, he and his father lived in tents for a period and later built a geodesic-dome home that he helped design. As a teenager, he persuaded New Mexico State University to let him take advanced classes, where mathematics led him toward programming. A first major turning point came with the 1983 game Moondust, then with Atari, and then with the founding of VPL Research in the mid-1980s, the company widely credited with bringing the first commercial virtual-reality products to market and with early work on avatars, shared virtual worlds, and applied VR such as surgical simulation. ((https://www.scu.edu/cas/convergence/jaron-lanier/))
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You Are Not A Gadget
Jaron Lanier
A thought-provoking critique of digital culture, exploring how technology shapes society and challenging us to reclaim our humanity online.
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Jaron Lanier
A compelling case for digital detox, exposing social media's hidden dangers and urging readers to reclaim their autonomy online.
You Are Not A Gadget
Jaron Lanier
A thought-provoking critique of digital culture, exploring how technology shapes society and challenging us to reclaim our humanity online.
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Jaron Lanier
A compelling case for digital detox, exposing social media's hidden dangers and urging readers to reclaim their autonomy online.
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Voci della Community
"Jaron Lanier, a computer scientist/musician/artist/writer, popularized the term “virtual reality,” in 1987"
— The New Yorker
"Virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier says computers are too dumb to take over the world"
— Salon
"Jaron Lanier created the virtual reality industry as we see it"
— Howard Rheingold
"Jaron Lanier was one of the creators of our current digital reality and now he wants to subvert the web before it engulfs us all"
— Smithsonian
"Jaron Lanier has written a book about virtual reality, a phrase he coined and a concept he did much to invent"
— The Guardian
"Jaron Lanier is going to prove to be one of the most prominent, deep thinkers"
— Paul Saffo
"Technology pioneer Jaron Lanier delivered a blistering indictment of the ad-supported Internet model"
— Axios
"Jaron Lanier is identified with it like no one else"
— Brenda Laurel
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
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"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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