To Fix Tech, Democracy Needs to Grow Up

Calls to “democratize technology” ring hollow when both systems seem to be failing. The key is realizing that democracy is not yet in its final form.

Save this story Save this story The AI Database → Application Regulation Surveillance Blockchain/cryptocurrency End User Government There isn’t much we can agree on these days. But two sweeping statements that might garner broad support are “ We need to fix technology” and “We need to fix democracy.” There is growing recognition that rapid technology development is producing society-scale risks: state and private surveillance, widespread labor automation, ascending monopoly and oligopoly power, stagnant productivity growth, algorithmic discrimination, and the catastrophic risks posed by advanc

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