Most users of the internet are only too happy to exchange their data for convenience. Do you feel the need to bring ordinary people on board with our ogenda, or are we essentially all too complaisant? Well, another great question. Why do we click? Accept the first is that when we click except, we're normally clicking except to a really good economic bargain. So i give something that's basically of not much use to me economically, a little bit of data, and in return, i get these amazing products. But of couse, there are other reasons why we click except. We can't be bothered to read the times and conditions we don't really have a choice
Trolling, conspiracy theories, racist algorithms, cyberwarfare – every day our headlines are ablaze with negative stories about the internet. The problem? The unaccountable power of the big tech companies. That’s the view of bestselling author and barrister Jamie Susskind. His new book is The Digital Republic, which sets out his vision for a different type of society in which humans can take power back and reshape the digital world into a space where we can all flourish. Joining Jamie in conversation is another writer and strategic advisor working where culture and technology meet, Nina Schick, author of Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse.
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