by Jaron Lanier · DEBATE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788499924236
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Who Controls the Future? is a work by Jaron Lanier that examines the concentration of power and money in digital networks and how this affects the economy and employment. Lanier argues that the rise of digital networks has contributed to the economic recession and has harmed the middle class. He proposes a new information economy that rewards people for what they create and share online. The author, a computer expert, musician, and graphic artist, offers a visionary perspective on the challenges and opportunities of the digital age.
Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American computer scientist, futurist, and composer. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and wired gloves. In the late 1990s, Lanier worked on applications for Internet2, and in the 2000s, he was a visiting scholar at Silicon Graphics and various universities. In 2006, he began to work at Microsoft, and from 2009 has worked at Microsoft Research as an Interdisciplinary Scientist.
