“A lot of people have suggested that the iPad is a new and significant inflection point for the publishing industry. I think it’s a case of when you are a drowning man, everything looks like a lifesaver.”
Moore’s Law means that more and more things can be done practically for free, if only it weren’t for those people who want to be paid. People are the flies in Moore’s Law’s ointment. When machines get incredibly cheap to run, people seem correspondingly expensive.
— From Jaron Lanier’s new book, “Who Owns the Future?” excerpted on Wired.com