Carole Cadwalladr: This Is What A Digital Coup Looks Like
The subhead above says you need to watch this. I’m repeating that here. You do.
Carole Cadwalladr tells it like she sees it. More importantly how many of us see it. But she is brave enough to speak it.
In her post announcing the release of this video of her TED Talk this year, she recounts how she knocked the Silicon Valley World off its axis with her 2019 TED Talk implicating Facebook, and Silicon Valley as a whole, for their role in Brexit. She’s back and talking about the ever increasing dangerous threats we’re facing today given how much we’ve already surrendered and those in control of our digital lives have capitulated to those in control of our politics. Or is it the other way around? As she puts it “a digital coup.”
Of course, I think she’s spot on.
I could go on and on, with words describing her thoughts, but your time would be better spent watching and listening.
https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?si=INYH-BZVmG6uP5w8
You should also read her post, Speaking Truth To Tech Gods: I Return To TED.
A big hat tip to Ian Robinson for sharing these links on Mastodon.
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And she conveys hope. We really need to fight this. 
