Quote by Jaron Lanier
Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, e

Musicians and journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, but, eventually, as computers get more and more powerful, it will kill off all middle-class professions. – Jaron Lanier

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Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction. – Jaron Lanier

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communication
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If theres any object in human experience thats a precedent for what a computer should be like, its a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive. – Jaron Lanier

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Experience
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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

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Technology
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Computers
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Well, my wife always says to me, and I think its true, its very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say… it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something. – Mark Rylance

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Computers

Ive tried word processors, but I think Im too old a dog to use one. – Dee Brown

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Computers

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we dont solve these security problems, then people will hold back. – Bill Gates

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Computers

Every ISP is being attacked, maliciously both from in the United States and outside of the United States, by those who want to invade peoples privacy. But more importantly they want to take control of computers, they want to hack them, they want to steal information. – Darrell Issa

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Computers

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Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else ones patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days. – Joshua Slocum

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I think my best skill in this whole deal is as a conduit to try to bring people together, because I think its in our unity that well have the greatest strength. – Woody Harrelson

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strength