Lanier has long since "lost the plot" in that he kind of seemed to have grown to dislike the commodification of "thought leadership". Even before this I was wa

Lanier has long since "lost the plot" in that he kind of seemed to have grown to dislike the commodification of "thought leadership". Even before this I was wary of a certain preciousness that went into his thinking; a kind of "we can make VR so cool..." but it always seemed less open and free wheeling. In a way you could say he's Apple and the web is Linux.