Is Technology Neutral?

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Technology is a social construct that emerges from people, or groups of people, embedded in society. The products themselves tend to influence us and the things we care about. And so you can't unpick one from another. We needo dispense with this idea of technology being neutral. It gives technology bosses, who have a lot of power, a pass - it's manifestly not correct.

We are entering the Exponential Age. Between faster computers, better software and bigger data, ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating. Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist, and creator of the acclaimed Exponential View newsletter - understands this shift better than anyone. Technology, he argues, is developing at an increasing, exponential rate. But human society - from our businesses to our political institutions - can only ever adapt at a slower, incremental pace. The result is an 'exponential gap', between the power of new technology and our ability to keep up. In this week's episode he speaks to Ros Urwin about this new era and what we we should do about it. To buy the book click here: https://amzn.to/3i8YieM

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