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Information Technology Is Increasingly Critical and Increasingly Demonized, With Daniel Castro

Information Technology Is Increasingly Critical and Increasingly Demonized, With Daniel Castro

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Over the last several years, public opinion on technology and the use of data has shifted from excitement to skepticism to fear. Rob and Jackie sat down with Daniel Castro, Vice President of ITIF and Director of the Center for Data Innovation, to discuss the negative effect of techlash on human outcomes.

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Robert D. Atkinson and David Moschella. Technology Fears and Scapegoats: 40 Myths about Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today’s Innovation Economy, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024).
Robert D. Atkinson, Doug Brake, Daniel Castro, Colin Cunliff, Joe Kennedy, Michael McLaughlin, Alan McQuinn, and Joshua New, “A Policymaker’s Guide to the “Techlash” —What It Is and Why It’s a Threat to Growth and Progress,” (ITIF, October 2019)

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Information Technology Is Increasingly Critical and Increasingly Demonized, With Daniel Castro

Information Technology Is Increasingly Critical and Increasingly Demonized, With Daniel Castro

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