Jamie Susskind on The Digital Republic

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(7/20/22) Acclaimed author Jamie Susskind suggest not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired, and the internet was regarded as a tonic for freedom and democracy, not anymore. Every day, the headlines blaze with reports of racist algorithms, data leaks, and social media platforms festering with falsehood and hate. In The Digital Republic, author Jamie Susskind argues that these problems are not the fault of a few bad apples at the top of the industry. They are the result of our failure to govern technology properly. The Digital Republic charts a new course. It offers a plan for the digital age: new legal standards, new public bodies and institutions, new duties on platforms, new rights and regulators, new codes of conduct for people in the tech industry. Join us when Jamie Susskind examines his publication Inspired by the great political essays of the past, steeped in the traditions of republican thought, offering a vision of a different type of society: a digital republic in which human and technological flourishing go hand in hand on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.