Why We Need To Unwire from Big Tech: Gaia Bernstein on how to gain control over addictive digital technologies


Author: Andrew Keen April 2, 2023 Duration: 29:43
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Why We Need To Unwire from Big Tech: Gaia Bernstein on how to gain control over addictive digital technologies

EPISODE 1406: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to the author of UNWIRED, Gaia Bernstein about how society has an addictive technology problem and how we can grain control over this tech

Gaia Bernstein is the Technology, Privacy and Policy Professor of Law, Co-Director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law Science and Technology at Seton Hall University School of Law. She is author of the new book, Unwired, and writes, teaches, and lectures on subjects at the intersections of law, technology, health, and privacy. Her latest book is UNWIRED: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies (2023)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.


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