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Technologists provide tools that can improve peoples lives. But I

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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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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Advertisers are not thinking radically enough – they look for technology to lead instead of trying the neuroscience approach and thinking about what parts of the brain havent been activated before. These new experiences bring new capabilities to the brain. – Jaron Lanier

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I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because its too expensive to change the interface. – Jaron Lanier

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The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change. – Michael Porter

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Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men. – Theodor Adorno

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If Apples a technology company in the music industry, why cant somebody in the music industry make technology? – will.i.am

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It is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame. – Marshall McLuhan

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