"It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering." ― Jaron Lanier Topic(s): Technology More From Jaron Lanier "Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction." "If there’s any object in human experience that’s a precedent for what a computer should be like, it’s a musical instrument: a device where you can explore a huge range of possibilities through an interface that connects your mind and your body, allowing you to be emotionally authentic and expressive." "I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it’s too expensive to change the interface." More In Technology "Ten years ago U.S. defence investment represented almost half of all defence expenditure in the whole alliance. Today it is 75%. This increasing economic gap may also lead to an increasing technology gap which will almost hamper the inter-operability between our forces."― Anders Fogh Rasmussen "But I think technology advertising will have to stop addressing how products are made and concentrate more on what a product will do for the consumer."― Jay Chiat "The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it."― John Perry Barlow