Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted Generation

Wigley, Robert

ISBN 10: 1913532453 / ISBN 13: 9781913532451

Published by Whitefox Publishing Ltd, 2021

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Synopsis:

Addiction, anxiety, depression, loneliness, low self-esteem, empathy development, troubled relationships, fake news, propaganda and even threats to democracy are just some of the challenges new technology presents. Antitrust law has failed to prevent the emergence of a few dominant big tech platforms and regulation has not kept pace with surveillance capitalism. The internet was created on the assumption that all users are equal, but children and the vulnerable are not.

In Born Digital, Robert Wigley distils the mountains of available research on the subject and brings to bear his wealth of institutional experience to present a roadmap for society to radically and urgently reset its relationship with technology - for the sake of future generations.

About the Author: Robert Wigley backs young entrepreneurs in cutting edge technology businesses and Chairs UK Finance. He spent a career in finance rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.

He has been Chairman of the Green Investment Bank Commission and wrote the seminal report Winning in the Decade Ahead on the future of London as a Global Financial Centre, for Boris Johnson when he was Mayor of London.

He is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland, a Visiting Fellow of Oxford University's Said Business School and an Honorary Fellow of Cambridge University's Judge Business School. He is an Officer of the Order of St John and sits on the UK's Economic Crime Strategic Board, Co-Chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary.

Born Digital is his first book.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Born Digital: The Story of a Distracted ...
Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good