 Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality by Jaron LanierMy rating: 1 of 5 stars This was a tough read for me. Lanier is a personal hero–my 2024 resolutions (code, film, jazz) were taken from his talks. This book is trash. He is self-serving, name-dropping, and sees himself as the hero in every story (even when humbly discussing his faults, he sounds pompous). I am not sure what I was looking for, but this is not it. His victimhood, lack of self-reflection, and pride in every step is a survival mechanism but he does not have the academic chops to grok the meaning. I think that may be the fundamental failure of this book. It is an undergraduate work. View all my reviews |
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