VR and the Problem of How We Talk About Tech

A pioneering technologist on how tech should improve mankind, not replace it

Jaron Lanier
OneZero
Published in
9 min readJan 31, 2019

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Illustration: Derek Ercolano

TThe first thing you learn, working with virtual reality (VR), is that your eyes aren’t much like cameras and your ears aren’t much like microphones. You don’t perceive the world pristinely; instead, you perceive how your personal history, philosophy, culture…

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Jaron Lanier
OneZero

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist who has written books like Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now and Dawn of the New Everything.