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Re:Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier by CaptainZapp on Thursday October 11, 2018 @09:22AM (#18193284)
He's one of two really relevant critical thinkers on tech and is critical of some of the aspects since literally decades. The other, arguably, being Evgeny Morozov (for a shorter time).

Lanier certainly has the chops, the background and the deliverables to be taken seriously.

I think those guys are super important as a counterweight to the fawning and gushing (in general) tech press and I for one wish that they have far more reach, impact and influence.

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Re:Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier by tangental on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:57PM (#18195102)
There is another critical thinker I recently came across - Adam Greenfield - much better then Morozov IMO. Have a look at his latest book: Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30724899-radical-technol...

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Re:Delete Your Account Now: A Conversation with Jaron Lanier by jonjacky on Thursday October 11, 2018 @01:12PM (#18195225)
I would add Maciej Ceglowski

http://idlewords.com/talks/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maciej_Ceg%C5%82owski

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