Today! UCL Colloquium: The Logic of Legitimacy

California, I've missed you! Delighted to be talking at Berkeley tomorrow on democracy and legitimacy.

Why do we accept the logic of "more data, more power"? It's not necessarily true of Big Tech. Next week I'll be speaking at Harvard about digital power, and how it could come to be legitimate. @samgilb

Why have we put managers in charge? What's the benefit of metric-driven performance management, and what are the hidden costs?

Time to rethink Big Tech? Old models aren't working because we've misunderstood digital power. I'll explain in this Cambridge @BennettInst panel, with @samgilb, @jamiesusskind, @DianeCoyle1859, & @TanyaFiler, Wed 19 May, 5.30pm. with @StateUpHQ

RT @BennettInst: Is it time to rethink everything we assumed we knew about data, privacy & the future of Big Tech? . Join the debate with @….

Proud of Lucy and Adrian for reflecting publicly on this.

UUK gets top marks for tactics. They made an offer that UCU can't accept without giving away the farm, but can't reject without looking unreasonable. Plus it is vague enough that the membership can't collectively respond to it without first fighting a civil war.

Why hasn’t someone organized a special meeting of Academic Board yet?

RT @UCLPhilosophy: This Friday David Velleman (NYU) will be speaking at the Departmental Colloquium on 'The Two Normativities' - more info:….

RT @CPI_foundation: How can governments secure their legitimacy? Amanda Greene from @UCL says competence, fairness, and caring are key.🗝️….

Conference in London this week that I co-organized with Robert Simpson:

UofC podcast interview with me on the legitimacy of democracy.