s spawned by the technological revolution: increased transparency and the opportunity to participate in decision-making processes, easier access to knowledge, more effective medicine, better services, improved efficiency and much more. But they also deal with the risks inherent to these changes.
Hardly anyone has pointed out such dangers and risks more trenchantly than Jaron Lanier. His criticism, however, is not culturally pessimistic, nor is it luddite; instead, Lanier seeks to caution his readers from the vantage point of a knowledgeable oppositionist who still remains fundamentally loyal to the cause. This is what endows his convictions—which he has presented in books, articles, speeches and interviews—with such an illuminating quality. And this is exactly why he will be awarded the...Peace Prize of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association today, following the European Union having been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in creating a “continent of peace”
. Laudatory Speech by Martin Schulz
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