Technology Fears and Scapegoats : 40 Myths About Privacy, Jobs, AI, and Today's Innovation Economy

- Introduction. The roots and risks of today’s techno-mythologies -- 1. Technology is changing the world as never before -- 2. Technology is destroying individual privacy -- 3. Social media is polarizing America -- 4. Technology is driving today’s societal distrust -- 5. AI’s arrival is an atomic bomb moment -- 6. Social media is the leading source of misinformation -- 7. Your data is gold -- 8. Digital technology is dangerously “addictive” -- 9. The internet is extinguishing local languages -- 10. Social media is an existential threat to democracy -- 11. The pace of technology change is accelerating -- 12. Technology increases societal biases -- 13. Big Tech faces no competition -- 14. Silicon Valley doesn’t value diversity -- 15. Facial recognition is inherently biased -- 16. Big Tech should be arbiters of “the truth” -- 17. Digital technology is increasingly disruptive -- 18. Strong privacy regulations spur digital adoption -- 19. Big Tech practices “data imperialism” in emerging markets -- 20. BigData systems can’t protect individual privacy -- 21. Data is the new oil -- 22. Productivity gains no longer benefit U.S. workers -- 23. Corporate profits are at an all-time high -- 24. Technology is wiping out the middle class -- 25. AI will lead to the end of work -- 26. Digital copying is victimless -- 27. U.S. broadband lags behind other developed nations -- 28. The internet is destroying journalism -- 29. Market concentration is at an all-time high -- 30. Big Pharma is driving high health care costs -- 31. Small businesses create most new Jobs and innovations -- 32. We have all the technology we need to fight climate change -- 33. China has invented a new form of capitalism -- 34. American manufacturing is roaring back -- 35. India will save the west from China -- 36. The EU’s digital rules are a model for the world -- 37. Antitrust actions are needed to curb Big Tech -- 38. Federal R&D crowds out private R&D -- 39. Industrial policy is not the American way -- 40. Industrial policy doesn’t work -- Conclusion. Returning to a pro-innovation American agenda.