Jaron Lanier is watching all his friends turn into peasants

*Well, somebody's noticing, even if it's in the Wall Street Journal, where the grinches grind the bones of the peasantry every day.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703481004574646402192953052.html

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"I am appalled that our old fantasies have become so entrenched that it's hard to get anyone to remember that there are alternatives to a framework that isn't working. (((There's probably a way to sum this up in five words, and it would make a great T-shirt for aging Baby Boomers.)))

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