Before we get stuck into 2018, we go back to the sixteenth century to explore another technology revolution that overthrew the established order. John Naughton recently published his 95 theses for the digital age and we talk to John about the theology of technopoly and the Church of Facebook. Plus we're joined by Helen to discuss the parallels between the current revolt against the elites and what happened five hundred years ago. From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: where does this story end?
President Biden
What Just Happened?
Are Young People Losing Faith in Democracy?
China, Climate, Covid: The New Energy Map
What Trump Means to Us
Democracy for Sale
Trump Stress Test
Can Boris Survive Brexit?
One-Term Presidents
Michael Sandel on the Case Against Meritocracy
Robert Harris and V2
Jill Lepore on the Destructive Power of Tech
The Incompetence of Boris Johnson
The Politics of Loneliness
Thomas Piketty: Three Years On
Has Covid Rescued Europe?
Judith Butler: Then and Now
Brexit, Trump and Aldershot FC
Whose Work is it Anyway?
Revisiting Yuval Harari
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