Who Owns the Future? Insights

The must-read analysis of the key insights from "Who Owns the Future?" by Jaron Lanier — presented by Athena.

Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. *Who Owns the Future?* is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.

It’s time to reckon with a scary reality: The digital platforms we all use and love collect vast amounts of personal information that they can sell or exploit. Too much wealth and power is becoming concentrated among big tech companies — posing a serious threat to our private lives and capitalist economy.