Think Forum: Jaron Lanier

Jaron Lanier will present as part of Case Western Reserve University’s Think Forum lecture series for 2019-20.

His presentation will be Wednesday, March 4, at 6 p.m. at the Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road. Paid parking is available on site, although a free shuttle service will be available from campus.

Events are free, but pre-registration is required. Reservations for the fall lectures are available now, and for the spring lectures starting Jan. 3. Reservations may be made online or by calling the Maltz Center box office at 216.368.6062.

About the speaker

Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist and author who writes on numerous topics, including high-technology business, the social impact of technology, the philosophy of consciousness and information, internet politics and the future of humanism.

In 2018, Lanier was named one of the 25 most influential people in the previous 25 years of tech history by Wired magazine. He’s also been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine, top 100 public intellectuals in the world by Foreign Policy magazine, top 50 World Thinkers by Prospect magazine, and one of history’s 300 or so greatest inventors in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Lanier’s first book, You Are Not a Gadget, A Manifesto, considered an expression of spiritual sensibility in high-tech times, was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and international bestseller. His fourth book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, is another international bestseller, synthesizing what we know about the new technology of tricking people with algorithms.