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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Tim Wu: The Age of Extraction
Description: Can we reclaim control of our economy to make it work for everyone? What needs to be understood about the big tech platforms before that could even be attempted?
Tim Wu has a plan. Wu, a scholar and the former White House official who coined the phrase “net neutrality,” has examined the rise of “platform power” and the risks and rewards of working within such systems. It’s a topic he explores in his latest book The Age of Extraction.
Drawing on lessons from recent history—from generative AI and predictive social data to the antimonopoly...