{"id":8065,"date":"2022-11-27T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/27\/extinction-is-on-the-table-jaron-lanier-warns-of-techs-existential-threat-to-humanity\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T08:37:22","slug":"extinction-is-on-the-table-jaron-lanier-warns-of-techs-existential-threat-to-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/27\/extinction-is-on-the-table-jaron-lanier-warns-of-techs-existential-threat-to-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Extinction is on the table\u2019: Jaron Lanier warns of tech\u2019s existential threat to humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American computer scientist, who coined the term \u2018virtual reality,\u2019 cautions against online \u2018psychological operatives\u2019<\/p>\n

Jaron Lanier, the eminent American computer scientist, composer and artist, is no stranger to skepticism around social media, but his current interpretations of its effects are becoming darker and his warnings more trenchant.<\/p>\n

Lanier, a dreadlocked free-thinker credited with coining the term \u201cvirtual reality\u201d, has long sounded dire sirens about the dangers of a world over-reliant on the internet and at the increasing mercy of tech lords, their social media platforms and those who work for them.<\/p>\n

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\nThe American computer scientist, who coined the term \u2018virtual reality,\u2019 cautions against online \u2018psychological operatives\u2019
\nJaron Lanier, the eminent American computer scientist, composer and artist, is no stranger to skepticism around social media, but his current interpretations of its effects are becoming darker and his warnings more trenchant.
\nLanier, a dreadlocked free-thinker credited with coining the term \u201cvirtual reality\u201d, has long sounded dire sirens about the dangers of a world over-reliant on the internet and at the increasing mercy of tech lords, their social media platforms and those who work for them. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The American computer scientist, who coined the term \u2018virtual reality,\u2019 cautions against online \u2018psychological operatives\u2019 Jaron Lanier, the eminent American computer scientist, composer and artist, is no stranger to skepticism around social media, but his current interpretations of its effects are becoming darker and his warnings more trenchant. Lanier, a dreadlocked free-thinker credited with coining …<\/p>\n

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