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Jaron Lanier Quotes: Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth.
         

Funding a civilization through advertising is like trying to get nutrition by connecting a tube from one’s anus to one’s mouth.


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