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[Broken External Image]:http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/ch9/3/7/6/0/5/5/C9ConversationsJaronLanier_85_ch9.pngJaron Lanier*is an extraordinary individual. He is the father of virtual reality, a forceful pundit for "software*humanism," an accomplished musician, a philosopher, and a Microsoft Partner Architect working on cloud computing problems in the Extreme Computing group. For three years, Jaron*was a Scholar at Large, providing valuable technical input to the Live Labs folks. And he was also a*technical consultant for*the wildly popular science fiction film, Minority Report(which, of course, contained a*heavy dose of virtual reality).*
Jaron has strong opinions on a variety of topics related to software and its fundamental purpose of benefiting humanity (we often forget that software is for people, first and foremost). Also, he*is probably one of the harshest critics*of Web 2.0 and the current state of the Internet.*One of the great*things about Jaron is that he doesnt merely criticize and rant; rather, in his critiques he offers well-thought-out solutions to very complicated problems. This is a very admirable trait.
Jaron was in town a few days ago, and I had the privilege of*chatting with him about a variety of interesting topics, including his interest in virtual reality,*his ideas on "post symbolic*communication," software development*futures for large scale programming*(Jarons ideas on what he calls phenotropic programming are mind blowing), mathematics in the universe, lack of privacy*on the Internet,*the problem with Google and Facebook, music, his new*book, You Are Not a Gadget, and more. This is a great conversation with a true iconoclast. We will have Jaron on C9 again. There is much more to talk about.
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Jaron has strong opinions on a variety of topics related to software and its fundamental purpose of benefiting humanity (we often forget that software is for people, first and foremost). Also, he*is probably one of the harshest critics*of Web 2.0 and the current state of the Internet.*One of the great*things about Jaron is that he doesnt merely criticize and rant; rather, in his critiques he offers well-thought-out solutions to very complicated problems. This is a very admirable trait.
Jaron was in town a few days ago, and I had the privilege of*chatting with him about a variety of interesting topics, including his interest in virtual reality,*his ideas on "post symbolic*communication," software development*futures for large scale programming*(Jarons ideas on what he calls phenotropic programming are mind blowing), mathematics in the universe, lack of privacy*on the Internet,*the problem with Google and Facebook, music, his new*book, You Are Not a Gadget, and more. This is a great conversation with a true iconoclast. We will have Jaron on C9 again. There is much more to talk about.
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