Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier explains why it’s time to accept that the original dream of free content and information on the web is failing. In this talk he outlines how he would reconstruct the digital economy, avoid further concentrations of wealth and power and perhaps even save the middle class.

Highlights of Who owns the future The Commonwealth Club's Silicon Valley program, May 2013

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