Dear Vice President Biden,
In this minute when a pandemic, a financial contraction, and demonstrations against racism have integrated to activate nationwide self-reflection, you have a chance to lead us forward to a better America, one that comes closer to the country’s ideals than ever before. I are among countless Americans looking to you for brand-new approaches to federal government and leadership. We are relying on you to decline the old ways that brought us to this point.
WIRED VIEWPOINT
ABOUT
Roger McNamee( @Moonalice) is the author of the New York Times bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe He spent 34 years as an innovation investor, was an early financier in Facebook, and an advisor to Mark Zuckerberg.
One of the policy locations that requires a brand-new approach is innovation. New innovations like facial acknowledgment and expert system have actually been afflicted by racial and gender predisposition, with specific harm in locations like law enforcement, job hiring, and mortgage applications. Web platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter have amplified hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, undermining our politics, our pandemic action, and the security of our residents. More than 1,000 online marketers have signed up with the #StopHateForProfit project, consenting to pause their advertising on Facebook for a month or more to oppose the amplification of hate. In addition, numerous business in Silicon Valley have actually been accused of racial and gender bias relative to workers, most just recently Facebook, where a staff member and two applicants filed a problem of alleged racial bias For all its previous contributions to our nation, Silicon Valley now has problems with culture, organisation models, and organisation practices that require government intervention.
Envision my dissatisfaction last week when The New York City Times reported that President Obama had actually suggested that you deal with two members of the Silicon Valley facility, previous Google CEO Eric Schmidt and LinkedIn creator Reid Hoffman. I understand both males well. They are fantastic and really effective. Their money and knowledge may be valuable to your campaign, however I hope you will not turn to them for policy guidance. They were designers of the culture and values that produced the problems I described above.
I hope you will take to heart the words of Albert Einstein, who stated, “We can not solve our problems with the exact same thinking we used when we produced them.” This is particularly true in tech.
Silicon Valley has been an engine of development in our economy and has
