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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261124T201500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20261124T220000
CREATED:20261107T044626Z
DESCRIPTION:<a href="https://www.sustain.brussels/event/who-rules-the-world
 -on-big-tech-and-democracy-caroline-pauwels-lecture-283/register">Who Rule
 s The World? On Big Tech and Democracy | Caroline Pauwels Lecture</a>\nVri
 je Universiteit Brussel and Flagey invite you for the very first Caroline 
 Pauwels Lecture Who Rules The World: On Big Tech and Democracy. Who gets t
 o decide our future when some of the most powerful actors shaping our live
 s are companies we never elected? Through social media platforms\, search 
 engines and AI tools\, Big Tech increasingly influences what information r
 eaches us and how we understand the world. With so much power concentrated
  in the hands of a few global companies\, how much control do democratic s
 ocieties still have over their own future? The race for AI makes this ques
 tion all the more pressing. Governments and technology companies insist th
 at we cannot afford to lose. But who decides what winning looks like? And 
 if technological change takes society in a direction we do not want\, do w
 e still have the power to choose another path? To explore these questions\
 , curator Koert Debeuf brings together David Van Reybrouck\, writer and ad
 vocate of democratic innovation\, Diana Mangalagiu (Oxford University)\, w
 ho studies the societal and environmental impact of technological change a
 nd Paul Verhagen\, author of The Techtonic Shift and an expert on the geop
 olitical power of Big Tech. Drawing on insights and critical questions fro
 m VUB professors Vincent Ginis\, Gloria González Fuster and Rob Heyman\, 
 the speakers will explore who gets to shape our digital future and what is
  at stake for democracy. The discussion will be moderated by Kasper Goetha
 ls (De Standaard). This event is a co-production of Vrije Universiteit Bru
 ssel (VUB) and Flagey. It is made possible in part thanks to a legacy bequ
 eathed to VUB by Ernesta Jansen.Guests About David Van Reybrouck David Van
  Reybrouck has been described as “one of the leading intellectuals in Eu
 rope” (Der Tagesspiegel). His highly-acclaimed books on colonial history
 \, Congo and Revolusi\, have become international [...]
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LOCATION:Studio Flagey\, Place Sainte-Croix\, 1050 Ixelles\, Belgium
SUMMARY:Who Rules The World? On Big Tech and Democracy | Caroline Pauwels L
 ecture
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="https://www.sustain.brussels/event/wh
 o-rules-the-world-on-big-tech-and-democracy-caroline-pauwels-lecture-283/r
 egister">Who Rules The World? On Big Tech and Democracy | Caroline Pauwels
  Lecture</a>\nVrije Universiteit Brussel and Flagey invite you for the ver
 y first Caroline Pauwels Lecture Who Rules The World: On Big Tech and Demo
 cracy. Who gets to decide our future when some of the most powerful actors
  shaping our lives are companies we never elected? Through social media pl
 atforms\, search engines and AI tools\, Big Tech increasingly influences w
 hat information reaches us and how we understand the world. With so much p
 ower concentrated in the hands of a few global companies\, how much contro
 l do democratic societies still have over their own future? The race for A
 I makes this question all the more pressing. Governments and technology co
 mpanies insist that we cannot afford to lose. But who decides what winning
  looks like? And if technological change takes society in a direction we d
 o not want\, do we still have the power to choose another path? To explore
  these questions\, curator Koert Debeuf brings together David Van Reybrouc
 k\, writer and advocate of democratic innovation\, Diana Mangalagiu (Oxfor
 d University)\, who studies the societal and environmental impact of techn
 ological change and Paul Verhagen\, author of The Techtonic Shift and an e
 xpert on the geopolitical power of Big Tech. Drawing on insights and criti
 cal questions from VUB professors Vincent Ginis\, Gloria González Fuster 
 and Rob Heyman\, the speakers will explore who gets to shape our digital f
 uture and what is at stake for democracy. The discussion will be moderated
  by Kasper Goethals (De Standaard). This event is a co-production of Vrije
  Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Flagey. It is made possible in part thanks
  to a legacy bequeathed to VUB by Ernesta Jansen.Guests About David Van Re
 ybrouck David Van Reybrouck has been described as “one of the leading in
 tellectuals in Europe” (Der Tagesspiegel). His highly-acclaimed books on
  colonial history\, Congo and Revolusi\, have become international [...]
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