Will people become obsolete, so that everyone but a few elite techies will have to be supported by a charitable basic income scheme? Should we treat all humans as being equally worthy, or are some humans more deserving of self-determination because they are good at nerdy tasks?…
— from ‘Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now’ by Jaron Lanier.
I had never heard of Jaron Lanier until I ran across one of his books, while browsing at the Pagosa library. (Of all places!)
I was attracted by the book’s title.
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
I always figure, if the title is longer than five words, the person must know a thing or two about writing.
The book itself, thankfully, is rather short — only 147 pages. (I don’t generally browse for fat books.) But Mr. Lanier did manage to squeeze in ten cogent arguments for deleting your social media accounts. Right now. (Or more precisely, for deleting my social media accounts. I have no control over your social media accounts. Only Big Tech has that control.)
Presumably, Mr. Lanier knows a thing or two about technology, as well. In 2005, Foreign Policy named Mr. Lanier as one of the top 100 Public Intellectuals. In 2010, he was named to the TIME 100 list of most influential people. Prospect named him one of the top 50 World Thinkers in 2014.
In 2018, Wired Magazine named him one of the top 25 most influential people over the last 25 years of technological history. Among his...
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