Who Owns The Future?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. |
Contents
Introduction to the Paperback Edition | |
Prelude | |
A Simple Idea | |
Money as Seen Through One Computer Scientists Eyes | |
The Ad Hoc Construction of Mass Dignity | |
Siren Servers | |
Some Pioneering Siren Servers | |
If Life Gives You EULAs Make Lemonade | |
Clout Must Underlie Rights if Rights Are to Persist | |
The Pocket Protector in the Saffron Robe | |
First Thought Best Thought | |
The Project | |
Some First Principles | |
Who Will Do What? | |
Big Business | |
Risk | |
Misusing Big Data to Become Ridiculous | |
Modernity Conceives the Future | |
Markets and Energy Landscapes | |
Narcissism | |
Specialized Network Effects | |
Obscuring the Human Element | |
The Wise Old Man in the Clouds | |
Complaint Is Not Enough | |
Inclusion | |
Creepy | |
A Stab at Mitigating Creepiness | |
Limits Are for Mortals | |
The Transition | |
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