The Anti-Tech Revolution is Coming - Beeban Kidron

JOIN US ON SUBSTACK: substack.com/@wtfisleftEarly Access to Ad-Free Extended InterviewsAsk our Guests QuestionsLIVEs with Jovan + FreddieWL Book Club + Community DiscussionArticles + Exclusive Content****Baroness Kidron completed Hollywood. She could be living the high life. Instead she's outchea trying to take down the latest Frankenstein of Capitalism: Big Tech.Beeban is a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and has dedicated the latter stage of her career to keeping children safe online. It's somehow a contentious topic. Are children safe on the internet? Or has our generation been exposed to irreparable harms?We discuss all this and more: what does AI sovereignty look like? How has Britain been captured by American corporate interests? What can we do to fight back?Chapters00:00 Intro02:15 Growing Up With Socials07:20 Gen-Z, The Anxious Generation?13:08 Does Big Tech Own Us?17:03 Corporate America's Capture of Westminster22:00 How the Tech Broligarchy Took Over26:35 AI Sovereignty32:05 What Could Spark the Anti-Big-Tech Revolution39:15 The UK's AI Security Institute43:23 Temporarily Embarassed Millionaires48:14 Destruction of Real Life Communities52:15 Britain's Dependency On US Tech56:45 Gen-Z and Unemployment1:03:01 Left-Wing Patriotism and National Service