Jaron Lanier and Meike Laaff
Jaron Lanier on the Future of the Internet and Work
Deutschlandradio, 2019
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Big tech firms are thriving – but at great cost to humanity. How can they steer away from impending disaster?
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Technologist Jaron Lanier, a longtime Silicon Valley insider, is an outspoken critic of many of the industry’s choices – particularly, its data-driven advertising model. In this well-run interview with German radio host Meike Laaff, Lanier emphasizes that while he’s a fan of big tech (he’s currently employed at Microsoft), the business model must change. The interview captures the intellectual, sometimes radical Lanier in a down-to-earth, pithy moment.
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About the Podcast
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist and a pioneer in the field of virtual reality. Meike Laaff is a reporter for Breitband – a German radio program about media and digital culture, for which she did this interview.
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