The People Vs Tech

 

Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But with our fragile political systems threatened by this digital revolution, what do these changes – and the likes of Cambridge Analytica – mean for our democracy? Before democracy joins feudalism, supreme monarchies and communism as just another political experiment that quietly disappeared, what can we do to save the day?

Best-selling writer Jamie Bartlett founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Demos and specialises in online social movements and the impact of technology on society.

Jamie Bartlett