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You Are Not a Gadget
by Jaron Lanier
The virtual reality pioneer's 2010 manifesto against the hive mind, lock-in, anonymous cruelty and the devaluation of individual creativity. Prescient.
Read it if…
you want humanism from inside tech.
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Skip it if…
you want data.
Try instead: Dawn of the New Everything →
Three things you will actually use
- Design shapes humanity.
- Lock-in is forever.
- Value the individual.
Do this first
Read the chapter on lock-in.
Our verdict
Lanier's manifesto.
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