Who owns the future?

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Evaluates the negative impact of digital network technologies on the economy and particularly the middle class, citing challenges to employment and personal wealth while exploring the potential of a new information economy.

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Title Statements

Full title :Who owns the future? / Jaron Lanier.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 396 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781451654967, 1451654960
oclc:on1144619402
LC Classification:HC79.I55
Dewey Decimal:303.48/33

Part one: First round. Motivation -- A simple idea -- First interlude: ancient anticipation of the singularity -- Part two: The cybernetic tempest. Money as seen through one computer scientist's eyes -- The ad hoc construction of mass dignity -- The specter of the perfect investment -- Some pioneering siren servers -- Second interlude (a parody) : if life gives you eulas, make lemonade -- Part three: How this century might unfold, from two points of view. From below: mass unemployment event -- From above: misusing big data to become ridiculous -- Third interlude: modernity conceives the future -- Part four: Markets, energy landscapes, and narcissism. Markets and energy landscapes -- Narcissism -- Fourth interlude: Limits are for muggles -- Part five: The contest to be most meta. Story lost -- Coercion on autopilot: specialized network effects -- Obscuring the human element -- Story found -- Fifth interlude: the wise old man in the clouds -- Part six: Democracy. Complaint is not enough -- Clout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist -- Sixth interlude: the pocket protector in the saffron robe -- Part seven: Ted Nelson. First thoughts, best thought -- Part eight: The dirty p…

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Economics Économie politique Information technology -- Economic aspe… Information technology -- Economic aspe… Innovations -- Aspect économique -- Éta… Middle class -- Economic aspects -- Uni… Middle class -- Employment -- United St… Technological innovations -- Economic a… Technological innovations -- Economic a… Technologie de l'information -- Aspect … United States