Who Owns the Future?

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jaron Lanier 著
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster
• 出版时间 2013-05
• ISBN 9781476729862
• 定价 134.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 4810页
• 正文语种 英语
• 原版书名 Jaron Lanier

【内容简介】

WhoOwnsTheFuture?isthenewmasterworkfromtheprophetofthedigitalage,JaronLanier,authorofYouAreNotAGadget.

Inthepast,arevolutioninproduction,suchastheindustrialrevolution,generallyincreasedthewealthandfreedomofpeople.Thedigitalrevolutionwearelivingthroughisdifferent.Insteadofleavingagreaternumberofusinexcellentfinancialhealth,theeffectofdigitaltechnologies-andthecompaniesbehindthem-istoconcentratewealth,reducegrowth,andchallengethelivelihoodsofanever-increasingnumberofpeople.Astheprotectionsofthemiddleclassdisappear,washedawaybycrisesincapitalism,whatisbeingleftintheirplace?Andwhatelsecouldreplacethem?

Whyisthishappening,andwhatmightwedoaboutit?InWhoOwnstheFuture?JaronLaniershowshowthenewpowerparadigmoperates,howitisconceivedandcontrolled,andwhyitisleadingtoacollapseinlivingstandards.Arguingthatthe'informationeconomy'ruinsmarkets,heremindsusthatmarketsshouldrewardmorepeople,notfewer.Heshowsuswhythedigitalrevolutionmeansmorecorporationsmakingmoneyandavoidingriskbyhidingvalueofftheirbooks,whichmeansmorefinancialriskfortherestofus.Fromtheinnerworkingsofthe'sirenicservers'attheheartofthenewpowersystem,toanexplorationofthemeaningofmassunemploymentevents,themisuseofbigdata,andthedeepandincreasingerasureofhumanendeavour,Lanierexplorestheeffectsofthissituationondemocracyandindividuals,andproposesamorehuman,humanereality,whereriskandrewardissharedequally,andthedigitalrevolutioncreatesopportunityforall.

【作者简介】

Jaron Lanier is a scientist and musician best known for his work in Virtual Reality research, a term he coined and popularized. Time named him one of the “Time 100” in 2010. He lives in Berkeley, California.