Note Details
- Stage: seed 🌱
- Type: book
- Topics: technology, economics, digital-rights
Jaron Lanier’s argument that the current digital economy concentrates wealth by harvesting user data for free, and his proposal for a new system where people are compensated for their digital contributions.
Book Summary
Lanier argues that “siren servers” — massive computing operations like Google and Facebook — accumulate wealth by extracting data from ordinary people without compensation. He proposes a system of micropayments for personal data.
Notes
- Related to Who Owns the Future and Digital Bill of Rights
- Data as labor