Jan. 31, 2024: Slack, WhatsApp, ChatGPT: How Tech We Use at Work Shapes Democratic Change

Roy E. Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta, discussed whether our experiences at work can shape our ability to be successful citizens in a modern democracy.

The U.S. formed on the idea that our right to participate as equals in a democracy is inalienable. This implies that everyone is born already equipped to be a citizen. What if a successful democracy requires its citizens to be skilled in the trade of being citizens, in the same way that we learn to read and write or to practice our occupations?

If, as Hahrie Han has written, democracy is a muscle, where do we build it? Roy will argue that the most common "gym" in which we build our democratic muscle is the workplace — and, in particular, how we use technology at work.

This public lecture series is organized by the Peter F. Cowhey Center on Global Transformation at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information on center activities, please visit https://ccd.ucsd.edu/