Open Culture “Ruining Our Lives”

Kent Anderson has a new post on Jaron Lanier’s book, You Are Not a Gadget. Lanier argues that open culture undercuts the ability of content creators to make a sustainable income, among other things. From the post:

Lanier’s most damning points revolve around what he calls “open culture” — the movement spurred by advocates of open access, open standards, open data, open, open, open. While it all sounds good, what it’s actually created is an amoral world in which consequences aren’t considered, the victims are blamed, technical solutions are thought to be better than common sense, creativity has been stifled, commerce is abandoned, and gee-whiz wonderment conceals deeply cynical plays by scheming companies.