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{{Draft|author=MBauwens|date=2026-02-02}}
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'''Siren Servers''' is a term coined by Jaron Lanier to describe firms that concentrate wealth by convincing users to give away valuable personal data in exchange for free services.
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== Context ==
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From Wikipedia:
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"Who Owns the Future? is a non-fiction book written by Jaron Lanier published by Simon & Schuster in 2013. Lanier posits that the middle class is increasingly disenfranchised from online economies. By convincing users to give away valuable information (personal data) about themselves in exchange for free services, firms can accrue large amounts of data at virtually no cost. Lanier calls these firms 'Siren Servers,' alluding to the Sirens of Ulysses. Instead of paying each individual for their contribution to the data pool, the Siren Servers concentrate wealth in the hands of the few who control the data centers."
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</blockquote>
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== See Also ==
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* [[Surveillance Capitalism]]
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* [[Data Commons]]
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* [[Platform Capitalism]]
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* [[Digital Rights]]
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== Source ==
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Owns_the_Future%3F Who Owns the Future? - Wikipedia]
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* Book: ''Who Owns the Future?'' by Jaron Lanier. Simon & Schuster, 2013.
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[[Category:Economics]]
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[[Category:Technology]]
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[[Category:Data]]
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[[Category:Capitalism]]
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