Goldsmith Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2014) Winner
Jaron Zepel Lanier
ジャロン・レイニア
Jaron Lanier
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-05-03 （New York City, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Mesilla, New Mexico (childhood) → Berkeley, California (adulthood)
Career
- Occupations
- computer scientist, composer, visual artist, author, technologist, futurist
- Active Years
- 1978-
- Affiliations
- Atari, VPL Research (co-founder), Advanced Network and Services / Internet2 (Chief Scientist), Microsoft Research (Interdisciplinary Scientist), Columbia University (visiting)
- Memberships
- Global Business Network (member), National Tele-Immersion Initiative (founding member), International Institute for Evolution and the Brain (founding member)
- Influenced By
- Ted Nelson (hypertext / linking ideas), Early computer graphics / interaction researchers
- Influenced
- virtual reality research community, critical thinkers on the internet and technology
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico State University | — | Computer graphics / mathematics (studies) | — | 1973–1980（早期入学・研究活動含む） | United States |
New Mexico State University
Computer graphics / mathematics (studies)
Period:
1973–1980（早期入学・研究活動含む）
Country:
United States
Enrolled at age 13 and took graduate-level courses; formal degree attainment unclear.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Wats:on? Award (Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts) | — | — | Watson Festival Across the Arts | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Edge of Computation Award (finalist) | — | — | Edge | ファイナリスト |
| 2006 | Honorary doctorate (New Jersey Institute of Technology) | — | — | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 授与 |
| 2009 | IEEE Virtual Reality Career Award | — | — | IEEE VGTC | 受賞 |
| 2010 | TIME 100 (most influential people) | — | — | Time | 選出 |
| 2012 | Honorary doctorate (Franklin and Marshall College) | — | — | Franklin and Marshall College | 授与 |
| 2014 | Goldsmith Book Prize (best trade book) | Who Owns the Future? | — | Goldsmith Book Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Peace Prize of the German Book Trade | — | — | German Book Trade | 受賞 |
Wats:on? Award (Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts)
2001
Organization:
Watson Festival Across the Arts
Result:
受賞
Edge of Computation Award (finalist)
2005
Organization:
Edge
Result:
ファイナリスト
Honorary doctorate (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
2006
Organization:
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Result:
授与
IEEE Virtual Reality Career Award
2009
Organization:
IEEE VGTC
Result:
受賞
TIME 100 (most influential people)
2010
Organization:
Time
Result:
選出
Honorary doctorate (Franklin and Marshall College)
2012
Organization:
Franklin and Marshall College
Result:
授与
Goldsmith Book Prize (best trade book)
2014
Work:
Who Owns the Future?
Organization:
Goldsmith Book Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
2014
Organization:
German Book Trade
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
You Are Not a Gadget
2010 nonfiction / technology criticismA critical essay arguing that Web 2.0 and open-source/content movements can devalue individual creativity and innovation.
individual vs collectivetechnology and culturedigital ethics
Who Owns the Future?
2013 economics / technology criticismAnalyzes the data economy and proposes that individuals should receive fair compensation for their data contributions.
data economydecline of the middle classmicropayments
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
2017 memoir / history of technologyA memoir that mixes Lanier's personal history with reflections on the development, uses, and limits of virtual reality.
memoirvirtual realityethics of technology
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
2018 social criticismWarns that social media harms individual well‑being and social empathy, and argues for deleting accounts.
social media critiquemental healthpublic sphere
There Is No A.I.
2023 essay / commentaryChallenges the mythologizing of 'A.I.' and argues that human involvement and responsibility are central to addressing issues of current technologies.
AI criticismhuman-centered technology
Instruments of Change
1994 contemporary classical music / albumA contemporary classical album featuring Asian wind and string instruments; Lanier is known for collecting and playing many rare instruments.
music and cultureexploration of traditional instruments
Bibliography
- Information Is an Alienated Experience (2006)
- You Are Not a Gadget (2010)
- Who Owns the Future? (2013)
- Dawn of the New Everything (2017)
- Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (2018)
- There Is No A.I. (essay, 2023)
- Instruments of Change (album, 1994)
Adaptations
- Soundtrack for the documentary 'The Third Wave' (co-composer)
- Contributed to the soundtrack of the film 'Three Seasons' (1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- critical, essayistic stylemixes personal experience with history of technologyuses clear argumentation and metaphors
- Recurring Motifs
- tension between individuality and collectivityhuman-centered view of technologydata economy and fair compensation
Legacy
Jaron Lanier is an early pioneer of virtual reality and an influential public intellectual in technology criticism. He is recognized both for technical contributions to VR and for his ethical and economic critiques of the internet and social media.
Academic Societies
- IEEE VGTC (associated)
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in the Netflix documentary 'The Social Dilemma'
- Credited as miscellaneous crew on the film 'Minority Report'
- Frequent media appearances on podcasts and TV (e.g., Lex Fridman, The Colbert Report)
Quotes
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Think of people. People are the answer to the problems of bits.
Source: The New Yorker (essay 'There Is No A.I.') (2023)
Trivia
- Collects and plays a very large number of rare musical instruments (hundreds to around a thousand).
- Enrolled at New Mexico State University at age 13.
- His mother was a Holocaust survivor from Vienna.
- Lived in tents with his father for a period and later helped design and build a geodesic dome home.