You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

Author(s): Jaron Lanier

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Lanier, a Silicon Valley visionary, offers this provocative and cautionary look at the way technology is transforming lives for better and for worse.

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A "New York Times, Los Angeles Times, "and "Boston Globe" Bestseller
"Lucid, powerful and persuasive. . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in how the Web and the software we use every day are reshaping culture and the marketplace."
--Michiko Kakutani, "The New York Times"
"Persuasive. . . . Lanier is the first great apostate of the Internet era."
--"Newsweek"
"Thrilling and thought-provoking. . . . A necessary corrective in the echo chamber of technology debates."
--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Mind-bending, exuberant, brilliant. . . . Lanier dares to say the forbidden."
--"The Washington Post"
"With an expertise earned through decades of work in the field, Lanier challenges us to express our essential humanity via 21st century technology instead of disappearing in it. . . . ["You Are Not a Gadget"]""compels readers to take a fresh look at the power--and limitations--of human interaction in a socially networked world."
--"Tim

General Fields

  • : 9780307389978
  • : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • : bt
  • : 0.259
  • : 01 February 2011
  • : 203mm X 135mm X 19mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jaron Lanier
  • : Paperback / softback
  • : English
  • : 223