The B D C Is Intended to Operate Kind of as a Vanguard Institution

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Dan hind: If we're going to design technology in service of human flourishing, it's through the state and through public institutions. The b d c is intended to operate kind of as a vanguard institution that could lay the way to developing democratic socialism. We need very clear that unless we get into the deep guts of the state, it will not produce the technologies or the institutional forms that we need. And unfortunately, that seems to be the path we're on - hopefully we can change it.

Paris Marx is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the problems with the existing tech industry and its links to the state, and his proposal for reorienting technological development to promote human flourishing and a cooperative economy.

Dan Hind is the author of “The Return of the Public: Democracy, Power and the Case for Media Reform” and recently wrote a report called “The British Digital Cooperative: A New Model Public Sector Institution” for The Next System Project and Common Wealth. He’s also written for the Guardian, the New Socialist, and the New Scientist. Follow Dan on Twitter as @danhind.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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