Technology companies have grown to such size and influence that they now rival states in command of the world.

In this episode of Books in 5, the author of The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley joins us to reveal how Silicon Valley executives frame the conversation surrounding innovation & economic growth to favour their interests, the ways that technology powers so much of the modern experience in ways that is harmful to civic life and the threats to national sovereignty when the government outsources so much to private firms.

Bringing an insider's view into the manner that policymakers have allowed democracy to be undermined by investors & companies who are motivated by the bottom line, The Tech Coup demonstrates the critical need for leaders to stand up for the rights of their citizens.

Marietje Schaake is international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Between 2009 and 2019, she served as a member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands. She writes a monthly column for the Financial Times on technology and governance.

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