Watch this insightful 5 minute video by Virtual Reality (VR) pioneer Jaron Zepel Lanier talking about the failure of Web 2.0 and how it has not created a new middle class of creative professionals. Lanier has a book out called You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage). Covering the technical and cultural problems that have unwittingly risen from programming choices – such as the nature of user identity that were “locked-in” at the birth of digital media and considers what a future based on current design philosophies will bring…

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