Don’t let tech gurus decide the future: Nobel winner Simon Johnson

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Nobel economics prize winner Simon Johnson believes digital advertising should be taxed heavily to mitigate its negative effects on the mental health of social network users.
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Should our future by decided by the bosses of big tech firms? For Nobel economics prize winner Simon Johnson, giving too much power to a handful of billionaires will come at the expense of public interest.

The British-American economist who teaches at MIT also stressed that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) should benefit…

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