Reflecting on “Free Culture” and Lanier’s Digital Peasantry, part I
Category: Business & Economics | Media & TechnologyPublished on Jan 14, 2010
I’ve not had an opportunity to read Jaron Lanier’s new book, You’re Not A Gadget, but it’s virtually impossible to avoid the debate raging (see here and here, for example) around its core premises. Let me say upfront, Lanier raises some very poignant issues that will shape the way our knowledge economy evolves in the decades to come. But I’m not sure he’s drawn all of the right conclusions. Lanier dislikes mass collaboration, arguing that “We [...]
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