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Sean Carroll's Mindscape · July 22, 2024 · 80m
283 | Daron Acemoglu on Technology, Inequality, and Power
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu on Power and Progress. Technology doesn't automatically benefit everyone — it benefits whoever controls it. The last 1,000 years show that technological progress requires democratic institutions to distribute its gains broadly.
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Acemoglu: the same technology (printing press, steam engine, AI) produces different outcomes in different institutional environments. Technology is neutral; institutions determine who benefits.
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Acemoglu: ensuring that AI benefits everyone requires active democratic engagement — not passive hope. Citizens must take responsibility for shaping the institutions that govern technology.
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