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Jaron Lanier

Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.

Jaron Lanier

Alone

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Jaron Lanier is saying that in the past, the way people expressed themselves through style was shaped by the restrictions of physical tools, which influenced creativity. Now, with digital tools removing many of those limits, style must originate purely from a person's inner self without external constraints.

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