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Science: Jaron Lanier: How the Web's Gone Wrong
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier, known as the father of virtual-reality technology, was among the first to predict the revolutionary changes the World Wide Web would bring to commerce and culture. In his latest work, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, Lanier says the Web's first designers made crucial choices (such as making one's presence anonymous) that have had enormous - and often unintended - consequences, including elevating the "wisdom" of mobs and algorithms over the intelligence and judgment of individuals. Presented as part of Seattle Science Lectures, with Pacific Science Center and University Book Store. Series sponsored by Microsoft.
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