Is the technology we carry in our pockets, that surrounds us every moment of the day, distracting us from pursuing our life goals?
In the latest RSA Short, James Williams warns of the dangers that digital distraction poses to us individually and collectively. If we’re serious about protecting human agency and democracy, he argues, it’s time we started defending our freedom of attention.
Extracted from a free talk given at the RSA in London, 2017
Tech evangelist and legendary Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee talks through his journey from being one of Facebook’s early investors and mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, to one of its biggest and most influential critics.
Should you really be shocked by the Facebook revelations? Author and Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Jamie Bartlett argues that our fragile political system is being threatened by the digital revolution.
Four giant tech monopolies have quickly become the most powerful gatekeepers of knowledge the world has ever known. But at what cost? Influential liberal journalist Franklin Foer investigates.