{"id":8593,"date":"2012-01-20T14:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=8593"},"modified":"2012-01-20T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:21:28","slug":"you-are-not-a-gadget-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/01\/20\/you-are-not-a-gadget-review\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are Not A Gadget (review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-8593\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/You-Are-Not-Gadget-Manifesto\/dp\/0307389979%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ575TFCTD2TUN5TQ%26tag%3Dalnathnuse-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0307389979\">You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong><a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB001JRXQEU\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Jaron-Lanier\/e\/B001JRXQEU\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Jaron Lanier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 240 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Vintage; Reprint edition (February 8, 2011)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0307389979<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0307389978<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a fantastic book.\u00a0 If you spend time thinking about the impact of technology on daily life you&#8217;ll want to read this.<\/p>\n<p>Jaron Lanier is an early hacker, and he has a very different take on the how we view and use technology. Instead of freeing us, technology has made us less creative and less unique, the opposite of what many of us thought would be the future thanks to more and more powerful computers. 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