On September 24, 2024 we launched The Digitalist Papers, which seek to inspire a new era of governance, informed by the transformative power of technology to address the significant challenges and opportunities posed by AI and other digital technologies.
This event, held at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, featured presentations and dynamic discussions with the authors—experts in economics, law, technology, management, and political science—who contributed essays to our first volume. The essays explore how the intersection of technology with each of these fields might lead to better governance.
By assembling diverse voices and releasing ahead of the November election, we aimed to shift the conversation toward designing a more transparent and accountable system of governance. Our goal is to impact the development and integration of digital technologies and transform social structures for the digital age.
Join us as we embark on this pivotal journey to redefine the future of governance.
John H. Cochrane (Stanford), “AI, Society, and Democracy: Just Relax”
Sarah Friar (OpenAI) and Laura Bisesto (OpenAI), “The Potential for AI to Restore Local Community Connectedness, the Bedrock of a Healthy Democracy”
Mona Hamdy (Anomaly and Harvard University), Johnnie Moore (JDA Worldwide and The Congress of Christian Leaders), and E. Glen Weyl (Plural Technology Collaboratory), “Techno-ideologies of the Twenty-first Century”
Reid Hoffman (Greylock) and Greg Beato, “Informational GPS”
Lawrence Lessig (Harvard), “Protected Democracy”
James Manyika (Google and Alphabet), “Getting AI Right: A 2050 Thought Experiment”
Jennifer Pahlka (Niskanen Center and the Federation of American Scientists), “AI Meets the Cascade of Rigidity”
