Homesteading the Noosphere

"Homesteading the Noosphere" is an influential essay by the American thinker and technology expert Jaron Lanier, published in 2006. In the essay, Lanier discusses the implications of the digital age on creativity, intellectual property, and culture. He uses the term "noosphere" to refer to the collective consciousness and shared intellectual space created by human thought, particularly as it exists in the realm of the internet and digital communications.