Jaron Zepel Lanier is an American writer, computer scientist, and composer of classical music. A pioneer in the field of virtual reality, Lanier and Thomas G. Zimmerman left Atari in 1985 to found VPL Research, Inc., the first company to sell VR goggles and gloves. In the la...
The people who describe themselves as transhumanists in Silicon Valley and think that humanity's about to end still have children of their own and go about their days. So it's not real; it's sort of a theatre. So you might say,'Well, why not just enjoy it as theatre, then? Why not just accept it as a sort of weird science-fiction kind of performance art?' And it can be that. But the problem with it is that it serves as a sort of way of framing less extreme things that are happening, which are actually destroying people's lives more slowly.
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The problem is not that the big computer will kill everybody. The real problem is that all the wealth will end up with the people who own the biggest computers. That's the trend we've moving towards. So the problem is not mass genocide, even though if you take them at their word, it seems to be what they're saying. The real problem is mass poverty.
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A briliant mathematician, computer science, and composer who was the first to theorize about--and coined the term--virtual reality.
Composer
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Year
Status
Character
The Third Wave
2007
Documentary
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Three Seasons
1999
performer: "Temple Breath", "Three Seasons"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Minority Report
2002
thanks: assistance
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 78 Project Movie
2014
Documentary
Himself
The Colbert Report
2014
TV Series
Himself
Book TV
2013
TV Series
Himself
Google and the World Brain
2013
Documentary
Himself - Virtual Reality Pioneer and Author
Un monde sans humains?
2012
TV Movie documentary
Welcome to the Machine
2012
Video documentary
Himself
Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia
2010
Documentary
Himself
Rage Against the Machines
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Future Fantastic
1996
TV Series documentary
Himself
Synthetic Pleasures
1995
Documentary
Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself - VPL Research, Inc.
Horizon
1991
TV Series documentary
Himself
Gutenberg in the Cyberstorm
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Charlie Rose
2014
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Known for movies
Computerbilleder - udfordring til virkeligheden (1992) as Himself - VPL Research, Inc.
Google and the World Brain (2013) as Himself - Virtual Reality Pioneer and Author
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