{"product_id":"9781451654998","title":"Who Owns the Future?","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DAZZLING NEW MASTERWORK FROM THE PROPHET OF SILICON VALLEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaron Lanier is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not a Gadget,\u003c\/i\u003e the father of virtual reality, and one of the most influential thinkers of our time. For decades, Lanier has drawn on his expertise and experience as a computer scientist, musician, and digital media pioneer to predict the revolutionary ways in which technology has transformed our culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Owns the Future?\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary reckoning with the effects network technologies have had on our economy. Lanier asserts that the rise of digital networks led our economy into recession and decimated the middle class. Now, as technology flattens more and more industries—from media to medicine to manufacturing—we are facing even greater challenges to employment and personal wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there is an alternative to allowing technology to own our future. In this ambitious and deeply humane book, Lanier charts the path toward a new information economy that will stabilize the middle class and allow it to grow. It is time for ordinary people to be rewarded for what they do and share on the web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsightful, original, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eWho Owns the Future? \u003c\/i\u003eis necessary reading for everyone who lives a part of their lives online.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140573511920,"sku":"9781451654998","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451654998_p0.jpg?v=1763836898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451654998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}