Democracy Paradox Jamie Susskind Explains How to Use Republican Ideals to Govern Technology
The problem in both cases is not Zuckerberg or Musk, but the idea of a Zuckerberg or Musk. The idea that, simply by virtue of owning and controlling a particular technology, someone wields arbitrary or unaccountable power which can touch every aspect of our liberty and our democracy.
Jamie Susskind
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Jamie Susskind is an author and barrister. He has held fellowships at Cambridge and Harvard Universities. His work is at the crossroads of technology, politics, and law. His most recent book is The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century.
Key Highlights
- Introduction - 0:44
- Challenges of Digital Technology - 3:18
- Artificial Intelligence - 20:09
- A Digital Republic - 40:27
- Possible Solutions - 43:42
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The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century by Jamie Susskind
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