Shoshana Zuboff on why Big Tech is the biggest threat to democracy
The author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism believes the expanding empire of technology behemoths poses an existential risk.
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The intensive care doctor reflects on the last 12 months of making life-or-death decisions on the Covid front line.
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Owen Hatherley: “I really hoped that with Grenfell the ‘metropolitan elite’ debate would just die”
The British writer and critic discusses his new book Red Metropolis and the future of the urban left.
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“Why can I not let go of the comforts of life?” Sam Byers on what personal liberation really looks like
The British novelist discusses why our fixation on “wellness” grows as the planet around us decays.
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Sarah Jaffe: “I’m trying to abolish everyone’s boss”
The US journalist discusses her new book on how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone.
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“Help for my junior doctors isn’t there”: Dr Hilali Noordeen on burnout in the NHS
After 36 years of working in the NHS, the surgeon warns that his colleagues on Covid-19 wards need more support.
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Marc Brackett: “Emotions are the most powerful force in the workplace”
The founder of Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence explains why the feelings of employees “should haunt the sleep of every boss in…
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MMT economist Stephanie Kelton: “Donald Trump changed the terms of economic debate”
The former Bernie Sanders adviser on why the pandemic has shown the US and UK governments can never run out of money.
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