Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, visual artist, and author who writes on numerous topics, including high-technology business, the social impact of technology, the social impact of technology, the philosophy of consciousness and information, Internet politics, and the future of humanism. An author, scientist, composer and musician known as the “father of virtual reality” and one of the most influential thinkers of our time, Lanier is the best-selling author of “You Are Not a Gadget.”
In 2005, Lanier was included in the top one hundred public intellectuals in the world by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. The Encyclopedia Britannica includes him in its list of history’s 300 or so greatest inventors.
Lanier is also a musician and artist. He has been active in the world of new “classical” music since the late ‘70’s, and writes chamber and orchestral music. Lanier’s paintings and drawings have been viewed in museums and galleries in the United States and Europe.
Lanier is the Keynote Speaker for Northern Illinois University’s first-ever Celebrating Excellence event. Sixteen different functions – including honor society inductions, lectures and guest speakers, research presentations, recognition ceremonies and conferences – will take place between Sunday, April 14, and Sunday, April 28.
This event is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 at 8pm and is open to the public. It will be held in the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington Ballroom at 600 Lucinda Ave. on the NIU campus.
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