S2E7: How can we struc­ture dig­i­tal spaces more democratically?

Dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies have changed and are chang­ing our world. But the eupho­ria about these tech­nolo­gies not only improv­ing con­nec­tiv­i­ty, but cre­at­ing a glob­al pub­lic sphere have giv­en way to cau­tion about their impact. With the increas­ing monop­o­liza­tion of dig­i­tal infra­struc­ture and accu­mu­la­tion of pow­er by a few giant Big Tech com­pa­nies, there is increas­ing con­cern over its impact on our free­doms, as well as the ways in which it shapes how we live and per­ceive the world. In this episode, Evge­ny Moro­zov (founder of the con­tent rec­om­men­da­tion web­site The Syl­labus) helps us under­stand how we can struc­ture dig­i­tal spaces more demo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly, while har­vest­ing the trans­for­ma­tion­al poten­tial of these technologies.