“Jaron Lanier is worried”, says the leaflet to accompany a keynote speech by the philosopher, digital guru and Virtual Reality pioneer at the Royal Society for the Arts.
Actually, having listened to his talk in person last night, a more accurate description of Lanier’s state of mind on this issue is “very, very concerned”.
Concerned about the [...]
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Jaron Lanier is very very concerned
Darren Davidson - February 2nd, 2010Are trolls bad for our health?
Darren Davidson - January 20th, 2010According to actual scientific evidence, the internet has the power to turn normal people into complete idiots.
These idiots inhabit forums, threads, message boards, blogs and discussion groups posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic comments, with the primary intent of attacking other users, derailing the conversation or provoking an emotional response.
The internet slang terms for these creatures [...]
