A life-changing manifesto from one of the world's most celebrated pioneers and critics of the digital revolution
Jaron Lanier is one of the most celebrated pioneers of digital innovation in the world, and also one of the earliest and most prescient critics of its current trajectory. His previous books include the international bestsellers Who Owns the Future? and You Are Not a Gadget, both chosen as best books of the year by the New York Times, and most recently Dawn of the New Everything- A Journey Through Virtual Reality, chosen as a best book of the year by the Wall Street Journal, The Economist and Vox. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, one of the 100 top public intellectuals by Foreign Policy, and one of the top 50 World Thinkers by Prospect.
One of the most optimistic books about the Internet I've ever read
because it dares to hope for better ... A blisteringly good,
urgent, essential read
*Zadie Smith*
In every chapter there is a principle so elegant, so neat,
sometimes even so beautiful, that what is billed as straight
polemic becomes something much more profound
*Guardian*
Indispensable. Everyone who wants to understand the digital world,
its pitfalls and possibilities should read this book – now
*Matthew d'Ancona, author of Post-Truth*
A witty and fiercely intelligent attack on the ethics and business
model of big tech and a romping read to boot. Lanier is a modern
day Luther, calling for a digital reformation and nailing his
theses to the door
*Tom Hodgkinson, The Idler*
An eloquence that is hard to argue against … Every time you log on,
you are adding to a fire that is burning your house down
*Sunday Times*
Everything is here, from status anxiety, to wage degradation, to
the death of context … This is Lanier at his best, taking the
language of the internet and turning it back on itself
*The Times*
A short, snappy, impassioned takedown of the surveillance
capitalism operated by the giant Silicon Valley corporations
*Financial Times*
Informed, heartfelt and often entertaining ... a timely reminder
that even if we can’t bring ourselves to leave social media
altogether, we should always think critically about how it
works
*Sunday Times*
This book is very good
*James Rebanks*
Powerful ... Lanier's ten arguments are strong and convincing, and
become more so as they accumulate
*Daily Mail*
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