In this week's episode of the Intelligence Squared podcast, the left-wing economics journalist Paul Mason was interviewed by Jesse Norman, the Conservative MP. They discussed Mason's vision for a utopian future laid out in his new book Clear Bright Future.
According to Mason, the notion of humanity has been eroded as never before by the forces of populism, big data and untrammelled corporate power. But he still believes that we are capable of shaping our future, and offers a vision of humans as more than puppets, customers or cogs in a machine.
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