After my mothers death, I had such difficulty relating to people. – Jaron Lanier
Web 2.0 ideas have a chirpy, cheerful rhetoric to them, but I think they consistently express a profound pessimism about humans, human nature and the human future. – Jaron Lanier
Technologists provide tools that can improve peoples lives. But I want to be clear that I dont think technology by itself improves peoples lives, since often Im criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless theres commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, its for naught. – Jaron Lanier
The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when theres a single numeric average. But if its a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and thats crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. – Jaron Lanier