{"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. I&#8217;m pretty sure I don&#8217;t agree with Mr. Lanier&#8217;s suggestions for solutions to the problems he sees, but I think the problem statements and discussions are worth the time for reading this book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-8593\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 8593);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-8593\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-8593\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage) Author:Jaron Lanier Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (February 8, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307389979 ISBN-13: 978-0307389978 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. 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