Summary of Who Owns the Future?

Who Owns the Future?, written by Jaron Lanier, is a book about how the internet, technology, and digital databases are disrupting and transforming our economy. Lanier examines the evolution of the digital age, connecting the dots between its effects on our economic structure and our society at large. He argues that the consequences of the digital age have precipitated a growing tension between a handful of giant corporations and an increasingly fractured public. Lanier offers concrete solutions for how our society can wrestle control of both our data and economic opportunity away from these corporations. In the end, he urges us to take action now, declaring that the future prosperity of humanity depends on it.