Cyber Republic

Reinventing Democracy in the Age of Intelligent Machines

George Zarkadakis, Don Tapscott

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MIT Press
21 September 2021

Technology: general issues

How to make liberal democracies more inclusive and the digital economy more equitable- a guide for the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution.

How to make liberal democracies more inclusive and the digital economy more equitable- a guide for the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Around the world, liberal democracies are in crisis. Citizens have lost faith in their government; right-wing nationalist movements frame the political debate. At the same time, economic inequality is increasing dramatically; digital technologies have created a new class of super-rich entrepreneurs. Automation threatens to transform the free economy into a zero-sum game in which capital wins and labor loses. But is this digital dystopia inevitable? In Cyber Republic, George Zarkadakis presents an alternative, outlining a plan for using technology to make liberal democracies more inclusive and the digital economy more equitable. Cyber Republic is no less than a guide for the coming Fourth Industrial Revolution. Zarkadakis, an expert on technology and management, explains how artificial intelligence, together with intelligent robotics, sophisticated sensors, communication networks, and big data, will fundamentally reshape the global economy; a new ""intelligent machine age"" will force us to adopt new forms of economic and political organization. He envisions a future liberal democracy in which intelligent machines facilitate citizen assemblies, helping to extend citizen rights, and blockchains and cryptoeconomics enable new forms of democratic governance and business collaboration. Moreover, the same technologies can be applied to scientific research and technological innovation. We need not fear automation, Zarkadakis argues; in a post-work future, intelligent machines can collaborate with humans to achieve the human goals of inclusivity and equality.

By: George Zarkadakis, Don Tapscott
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780262542722
ISBN 10: 0262542722
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 21 September 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

FOREWORD BY DON TAPSCOTT ix INTRODUCTION xv 1 DEMOCRACY VERSUS LIBERALISM 1 2 MACHINES THAT THINK 13 3 A WORLD WITHOUT WORK 21 4 MACHINES AT THE HELM 39 5 A NEW WORLD ORDER 53 6 CITIZEN ASSEMBLIES 67 7 AI FOR GOOD 85 8 THE WEB OF EVERYTHING 101 9 DEMOCRATIZING THE AI ECONOMY 117 10 SCALING A POLIS 133 EPILOGUE: USING CYBER REPUBLIC 143 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 147 NOTES 149 INDEX 167

George Zarkadakis leads the Future of Work consulting practice at Willis Towers Watson, a global risk management consulting firm. The author of In Our Own Image- The History and Future of Artificial Intelligence and other books, he has written extensively on science and technology for publications including Aeon and Wired.