The Change of the Political Paradigm
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Description: The Change of the Political Paradigm
The Cambridge Analytica scandal that engulfed Facebook, and the alleged manipulation of the US and other elections are only the tip of the digital iceberg towards which governments, societies and geopolitics generally are headed. Digital technology is permeating every part of how we are governed - and effecting whom we choose to do the governing. At the same time, perhaps less visibly, it is effecting authoritarian societies. In this session, we'll explore how digital technology has become what philosophers call a "formal cause", i.e. something that does not merely have effects, but that is actually structuring and shaping political and social choices. We will also speculate what that means for the future of businesses and citizens in the years ahead.
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InterContinental Geneva
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 7-9,, Geneva 1209, Switzerland
Speakers
Milo Jones
Dr Milo Jones has been teaching at IE since 2009. He also works with a variety of executive education and consulting clients, and serves on the board of a private US firm with revenue in excess of USD $200 million. At IE, Milo teaches “Intelligence Tools for Businesspeople”, "Approaching Complexity: Evidence, Probability, Non-Linearity and the Art of Problem Solving" (with Dr. Rolf Strom-Olsen), and "Geopolitics for Businesspeople" in the MBA and Masters in Finance Programs. Milo's MOOC, "Intelligence Tools for the Digital Age", is available on Coursera. In 2013, Stanford University Press published his book Constructing Cassandra: Reframing Intelligence Failure at the CIA, 1947-2001, which is based on Milo’s 2009 PhD dissertation. In the past, Milo worked as a Senior Manager for Accenture in London and as a stockbroker at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in New York. He also served as an officer in the US Marine Corps and is a graduate from the US Army’s Airborne School at Ft. Benning. He is an Associate of the Fundacja Instytut Bezpieczeństwa i Strategii, a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Center for the Study of Digtal Life, a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and a member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
A native of Manhattan, Milo now lives in Warsaw.