In an op-ed for Project Syndicate, Daron Acemoglu contends that today’s tech billionaires are “exceptionally powerful – socially, culturally, and politically.” This type of “persuasion power,” as defined in Power and Progress, is rooted in status or prestige, and has wide-ranging consequences for the direction of technology and society more broadly.
Op-Ed
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Project Syndicate: Escaping the New Gilded Age
Sep 27, 2024