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America & Democracy Ep. 4: George Zarkadakis on Digital Liberalism
Around the world, liberal democracies are in crisis. Citizens have lost faith in their government; right-wing nationalist movements frame the political debate. At the same time, economic inequality is increasing dramatically; digital technologies have created a new class of super-rich entrepreneurs. Automation threatens to transform the free economy into a zero-sum game in which capital wins and labor loses. But is this digital dystopia inevitable?In our final discussion before the election, George Zarkadakis, author of Cyber Republic, reflects on the long term technological challenges and…
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