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Born Digital Robert Wigley

Born Digital By Robert Wigley

Born Digital by Robert Wigley


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Summary

Our attention has been hijacked by the tsunami of devices, games and social media which now dominate our lives. This new technology brings efficiency, cost-savings and instantaneous information. But when our attention is the currency being traded by big tech firms, what price are we willing to pay for convenience?

Born Digital Summary

Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation by Robert Wigley

Our attention has been hijacked by the tsunami of devices, games and social media which now dominate our lives. This new technology brings efficiency, cost-savings and instantaneous information. But when our attention is the currency being traded by big tech firms, what price are we willing to pay for convenience? Addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness, low self-esteem, empathy development, troubled relationships, fake news, propaganda and even threats to democracy are just some of challenges new technology presents. Antitrust law has failed to prevent the emergence of a few dominant big tech platforms and regulation has not kept pace with surveillance capitalism. The internet was created on the assumption that all users are equal, but children and the vulnerable are not. In Born Digital, Robert Wigley distils the mountains of available research on the subject and brings to bear his wealth of institutional experience to present a roadmap for society to radically and urgently reset its relationship with technology - for the sake of future generations.

About Robert Wigley

Robert Wigley backs young entrepreneurs in cutting edge technology businesses and Chairs UK Finance. He spent a career in finance rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis. He has been Chairman of the Green Investment Bank Commission and wrote the seminal report Winning in the Decade Ahead on the future of London as a Global Financial Centre, for Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London. He is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University's Said Business School and an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University's Judge Business School. He is an Officer of the Order of St John and sits on the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board, Co-Chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary. Born Digital is his first book.

Additional information

GOR011411999
9781913532451
1913532453
Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation by Robert Wigley
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Whitefox Publishing Ltd
2021-03-11
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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