Jaron's list of concerns

There are a lot of things about Jaron Lanier's argument in You Are Not a Gadget that I don't necessarily agree with, however, one concept of his that I do agree with is laid out in his list of concerns on page 21. These are a few of those concerns:

• If you put effort into Wikipedia articles, put even more effort into using your personal voice and expression outside of the wiki to help attract people don't yet realize that they are interested in the topics you contributed to. 
• Create a website that expresses something about who you are that won't fit into the templates available to you on a social networking site.
• If you are twittering, innovate in order to find a way to describe your internal state instead of trivial external events, to avoid the creeping danger of believing that objectively described events define you, as they would define a machine. 

With all of these points, Jaron is concerned about people losing their individual voice and individual Self on the internet. I think this is really interesting because even though so many people use the internet and conform the to templates of social network sites, you don't have to lose your individuality. Jaron wants people to realize that not only can they still stand out as an individual, but that people should prioritize their individuality and the Self over conforming to the internet norms.