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Who decides the future?

Tuesday 21 July 2026

The UK's last Prime Minister had a hard time selling a vision for the UK's future. But Keir Starmer is not alone in failing to think clearly and inspire hope about the future. In fact, politics in general seems to have given up on the future.

Tech bros in Silicon Valley on the other hand are busy thinking about and designing the future, our future. So how did we get here? And how to we wrestle back the business of shaping the world we want to live in?

Professor Jonathan White was invited on the latest episode of The Philosopher & The News hosted by Alexis Papazoglou.