Paul Mason at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Faith in technological progress has verged on religious, but recently our trust in many things – truth, leadership, the digital world – has been badly dented. Paul Mason senses catastrophe. The popular political commentator thinks we need a humanist reframing of our relationship with tech, and a refusal to let the machines take over. In this event filmed live at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival he shares ideas from his new book Clear Bright Future with journalist Ruth Wishart.
Book Festival News
Book Festival reveals first author events for 2024Sunday 14 April
Watch more
Wanjiru Koinange & Donna Obaseki-Ogunnaike: Outriders Africa – Sub-Saharan Swiping
Lights Off The Quay - pt3 (John Burnside)
Robin Robertson & Tim Robertson: Spirits of Scotland
Natalie Diaz & Ellen van Neerven: Voices of Indigenous Resistance
Roisin Kiberd & Lauren Oyler: Online and Disconnected
Interview - Karl Ove Knausgaard (2014)
Diana Gabaldon: The Outlander Phenomenon
James Robertson (2010 Event)
Lola Olufemi & Minna Salami: Critical Reflections on Feminism
Tessa Hadley & Charlotte Mendelson: The Process of Revealing