LANIER JARON

10 λόγοι για να διαγράψετε τους λογαριασμούς σας από τα social media τώρα
«Πόσες φορές επισκεφθήκατε σήμερα τα προφίλ σας στα μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης; Πόσες φορές ανανεώσατε τη ροή των χρήσιμων και άχρηστων πληροφοριών στη σελίδα σας; Είναι το Google ο καλύτερός σας φίλος; Πόσες φωτογραφίες ανεβάσατε την τελευταία εβδομάδα και με ποιους τις μοιραστήκατε; Είχατε πολλά like; Γέμισε ο τοίχος σας με καρδούλες; Συγχαρητήρια! Είστε ένας υπέροχα εκπαιδευμένος σκύλος και κάνετε ακριβώς ό,τι σας ζητά ο εκπαιδευτής σας!» Ο Τζέρον Λάνιερ, τεχνολογική ιδιοφυΐα με θητεία στο Ερευνητικό Τμήμα της Microsoft, μας εξηγεί τους ...
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(P/B) TEN ARGUMENTS FOR DELETING YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS RIGHT NOW
Social media is supposed to bring us together - but it is tearing us apart. The evidence suggests that social media is making us sadder, angrier, less empathetic, more fearful, more isolated and more tribal. Jaron Lanier is the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer who first alerted us to the dangers of social media. In this witty and urgent manifesto he explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and, in ten simple arguments, why liberating yourself from its hold will transform your life and the world for the be...
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(P/B) YOU ARE NOT A GADGET
Something went wrong around the start of the twenty-first century. The crowd was wise. Social networks replaced individual creativity. There were more places to express ourselves than ever before - yet no one really had anything to say. Does this have to be our future? In You are not a Gadget digital guru and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier reveals how recent developments in our culture are deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals me...
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(H/B) WHO OWNS THE FUTURE?
In the past, a revolution in production, such as the industrial revolution, generally increased the wealth and freedom of people. The digital revolution we are living through is different. Instead of leaving a greater number of us in excellent financial health, the effect of digital technologies - and the companies behind them - is to concentrate wealth, reduce growth, and challenge the livelihoods of an ever-increasing number of people. As the protections of the middle class disappear, washed away by crises in capitalism, what is being le...
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(P/B) YOU ARE NOT A GADGET
Something went wrong around the start of the twenty-first century. Individual creativity began to go out of fashion. The crowd was wise. Machines, specifically computers, were no longer tools to be used by human minds - they were better than humans. Yet what if, despite web 2.0, despite OpenSource, despite the wisdom of crowds, and the creation of Wikipedia, only people are meaningful? After all, when the printing press was invented, the mechanism was ultimately less impressive than the authors. What if, by devaluing individuals, we are de...
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