Book
Dignity in a digital age : making tech work for all of us
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Physical Description
xi, 354 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"Rep Ro Khanna offers a revolutionary roadmap to facing America's digital divide. In Khanna's vision, "just as people can move to technology, technology can move to people. People need not be compelled to move from one place to another to reap the benefits offered by technological progress" (from the foreword by Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in Economics)"--
In the digital age, unequal access to technology and the revenue it creates is one of the most pressing issues facing the United States: students without computers, rural workers with spotty WiFi, and plenty of workers without the luxury to work from home. Khanna imagines how the digital economy can create opportunities for people all across the country without uprooting them. He offers a vision for democratizing digital innovation to build economically vibrant and inclusive communities. Instead of being subject to tech's reshaping of our economy, we must channel those powerful forces toward creating a more healthy, equal, and democratic society. - adapted from jacket
Contents
- Foreword / by Amartya Sen
- Democratizing the digital revolution
- Part I: Twenty-first-century economy
- Building community
- Racial and gender equity
- Empowering workers
- Progressive capitalism
- Part II: Twenty-first-century citizenship
- Internet Bill of Rights
- Deliberation online
- Science in democracy
- Decentralizing foreign policy
- Democratic patriotism.