‘Cyberselfish’ Author Revives Her Warning as Techno-Libertarianism Faces a New Reckoning
A decade after her book was effectively sidelined, author and critic Jaron Lanier’s longtime interlocutor and fellow technology skeptic is back in the conversation, using the renewed attention to challenge the assumptions behind techno-libertarianism. Her argument is blunt: the worldview that once celebrated digital platforms as inherently liberating now looks outdated in an era defined by concentrated power, algorithmic manipulation, and AI-driven scale.
