Why today's internet is simultaneously autocratic and plutocratic: Ehud Shapiro on the egalitarian architecture necessary to build genuine digital democracy


Author: Andrew Keen January 26, 2024 Duration: 38:35
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Why today's internet is simultaneously autocratic and plutocratic: Ehud Shapiro on the egalitarian architecture necessary to build genuine digital democracy

EPISODE 1944: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ehud Shapiro, a computer scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, about the egalitarian architecture necessary to build genuine digital democracy 

Ehud Shapiro is a multi-disciplinary scientist, artist, entrepreneur and a Professor of Computer Science and Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. With international reputation, he made fundamental contributions to many scientific disciplines. Ehud was also an Internet pioneer, a successful Internet entrepreneur, and a pioneer and proponent of e-democracy. Ehud is the founder of the Ba Rock Band and conceived its original artistic program. He is a winner of two European Research Council Advanced Grants.



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