myla reson | John Nichols: People Get Ready @mylareson | Uploaded April 2016 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This video featuring John Nichols and a companion video featuring Robert McChesney discussing their latest book "People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy" were recorded at an event sponsored by Pacifica Radio's Los Angeles station KPFK 90.7 fm.
Please also watch the follow up video "Robert McChesney: People Get Ready" available on the same youtube channel: youtu.be/brn8m2_euRc
Humanity is on the verge of its darkest hour or its greatest moment.
The consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress.
The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, authors of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy, argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny before it's too late and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity.
Recorded April 11, 2016
Thanks to KPFK 90.7 fm Los Angeles
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (youtube.com/editor)
This video featuring John Nichols and a companion video featuring Robert McChesney discussing their latest book "People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy" were recorded at an event sponsored by Pacifica Radio's Los Angeles station KPFK 90.7 fm.
Please also watch the follow up video "Robert McChesney: People Get Ready" available on the same youtube channel: youtu.be/brn8m2_euRc
Humanity is on the verge of its darkest hour or its greatest moment.
The consequences of the technological revolution are about to hit hard: unemployment will spike as new technologies replace labor in the manufacturing, service, and professional sectors of an economy that is already struggling. The end of work as we know it will hit at the worst moment imaginable: as capitalism fosters permanent stagnation, when the labor market is in decrepit shape, with declining wages, expanding poverty, and scorching inequality. Only the dramatic democratization of our economy can address the existential challenges we now face. Yet, the US political process is so dominated by billionaires and corporate special interests, by corruption and monopoly, that it stymies not just democracy but progress.
The great challenge of these times is to ensure that the tremendous benefits of technological progress are employed to serve the whole of humanity, rather than to enrich the wealthy few. Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, authors of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy, argue that the United States needs a new economy in which revolutionary technologies are applied to effectively address environmental and social problems and used to rejuvenate and extend democratic institutions. Based on intense reporting, rich historical analysis, and deep understanding of the technological and social changes that are unfolding, they propose a bold strategy for democratizing our digital destiny before it's too late and unleashing the real power of the Internet, and of humanity.
Recorded April 11, 2016
Thanks to KPFK 90.7 fm Los Angeles
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (youtube.com/editor)
