Futurist Lucie Greene on Big Tech Versus the State | BoF VOICES
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The Business of Fashion
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 21 minutes
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The futurist author and columnist unpacks tech giants' powerful influence over day-to-day life and public policy, making a case for deeper consideration of the ideology that underpins this culture of innovation and disruption.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion, and welcome to the |
| 0:08.1 | Bof podcast. This week, we're going back to Voices 2018. I first met Lucy Green about a decade ago in |
| 0:15.5 | London before she moved to New York to take on the role of worldwide director of the Innovation Group at |
| 0:21.4 | J. Walter Thompson. When I last saw her, Lucy told me about her fascinating book, Silicon States. |
| 0:27.5 | As Silicon Valley faces increased scrutiny over its mistreatment of women, cultural shortcomings, |
| 0:33.1 | and its role in widespread Russian election interference, we are learning where its interests truly lie |
| 0:39.2 | and about the great power these companies wield |
| 0:41.8 | over an unsuspecting citizenry. |
| 0:44.1 | So what will it look like when we're living in the Silicon State? |
| 0:47.4 | Here's Lucy Green at Voices 2018. |
| 0:52.4 | Hello. |
| 0:53.7 | So rather aptly, this slide title is Big Tech versus the state. And I think that's something we're really starting to take stock of, right? That Big Tech is increasingly superseding the role of the government economically, |
| 1:08.9 | ideologically, transcending regional governments, clearly. |
| 1:12.6 | It's interesting, when I first started looking at this issue or this tension in 2014, |
| 1:18.6 | consumer awareness of this wasn't like it is now, which I would say now it really has reached |
| 1:23.6 | widespread public awareness and critical thinking. |
| 1:26.6 | But in 2014, I guess it was viewed very differently. It was viewed very exciting. widespread public awareness and critical thinking. |
| 1:30.5 | When in 2014, I guess it was viewed very differently. |
| 1:31.6 | It was viewed very exciting. |
| 1:32.8 | It was viewed very exciting. |
| 1:34.6 | These companies were synonymous with the future, |
| 1:37.1 | and it was sort of about widespread optimism for this big mission that tech had. |
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