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Who Owns the Future?
by Jaron Lanier
Siren servers collect our data free and concentrate wealth; Lanier proposes micropayments for data. Eccentric and economically serious.
Read it if…
you want an alternative to surveillance capitalism.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick read.
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Three things you will actually use
- Data has value; you are not paid.
- Middle class needs new models.
- Pay for information.
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Read the chapter on siren servers.
Our verdict
Lanier on data.
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