You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto

Informationen zum Autor Jaron Lanier is a philosopher and computer scientist who has spent his career pushing the transformative power of modern technology to its limits. From coining the term 'Virtual Reality' and creating the world's first immersive avatars to developing cutting-edge medical imaging and surgical techniques, Lanier is one of the premier designers and engineers at work today. Linked with UC Berkeley and Microsoft, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the IEEE in 2009. A musician with a collection of over 700 instruments, he has been recognised by Encyclopedia Britannica (but certainly not Wikipedia) as one of history's 300 or sogreatest inventors and named one of the top one hundred public intellectuals in the world by Prospect and Foreign Policy. Klappentext In YOU ARE NOT A GADGET digital guru and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier reveals how recent developments in our culture are deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines, this is a searing manifesto against mass mediocrity, a creative call to arms - and an impassioned defence of the human. Zusammenfassung Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines, this book is a searing manifesto against mass mediocrity, a creative call to arms - and an impassioned defence of the human.

Product details

• Authors: Jaron Lanier, Lanier Jaron
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780141049113
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104911-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book; Gesellschaft (soziologisch), Internet, Sozialer Wandel, Virtuelle Welt, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects