” The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there’s a single numeric average. But if it’s a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that’s crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. “
” Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves. “
” Technologists provide tools that can improve people’s lives. But I want to be clear that I don’t think technology by itself improves people’s lives, since often I’m criticized for being too pro-technology. Unless there’s commensurate ethical and moral improvements to go along with it, it’s for naught. “
” Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people. “
” Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. “
All 5 Jaron Lanier Quotes about People in picture
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