Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd

Episode 2. DON'T BE EVIL! Taming the High-Tech Giants

Hello! Ready for episode two of Reasons to be Cheerful? In this edition, we'll explore the dominance of the high-tech giants like Uber, Google, Amazon and Facebook, whether we should curb their power and how with our guest Nick Srnicek. We also discuss Nick the Flying Brick, Quiz Master Ed, and terrible dancing. AND Comedian Bec Hill brings us her ideas to make the world that little bit better. Beds, school discipline for those naughty MPs, harassment, and being muted by Elon Musk.   FURTHER READING<a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/30/nationalise-google-facebook-amazon-data-monopoly-platform-public-interest" target="_blank">This, written by Nick Srnicek, </a><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/30/nationalise-google-facebook-amazon-data-monopoly-platform-public-interest" target="_blank">in The Guardian</a><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/30/opinion/social-data-google-facebook-europe.html" target="_blank">Own your social-media data</a><a href="https://amp.ft.com/content/cad1f740-75e0-11e7-90c0-90a9d1bc9691" target="_blank">And this in the Financial Times</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hVR5_9Jlk" target="_blank">Oh... and Bec Hill &amp; Jay Foreman's song about Elon Musk</a>   CONTACT USEmail us on - reasons@cheerfulpodcast.com<a href="https://www.facebook.com/reasonstobecheerfulpodcast" target="_blank">Like us on Facebook</a><a href="https://twitter.com/cheerfulpodcast" target="_blank">Follow us on twitter</a>Leave us a voicemail on skype - search for "Cheerful Podcast"  CONTACT OUR GUESTS<a href="https://twitter.com/n_srnck" target="_blank">Nick Srnicek on Twitter</a><a href="https://twitter.com/bechillcomedian" target="_blank">Bec Hill on Twitter</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and Sony Award-winning radio host Geoff Lloyd unearth big ideas that can change society for the better. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.