I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic … - Jaron Lanier

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Even those of us who are very very aware are still so unaware. Everything's relative so that, the more you know, the more you know you don't know anything.

Jaron Lanier

I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial sense, and basically traded them for being able to screw around online.

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