Delphi Talks
The official podcast of Delphi Economic Forum is out! A selection of keynote speeches and panel discussions taking place literally in the navel of the world. Every year speakers and attendees from business, finance, politics and academia share their insights and expertise through a series of public events and private discussions, in an attempt to help shape and redefine policy-making for international issues of common interest.
Delphi Talks
From the Pnyx to the Internet. Timothy Garton Ash on the crisis of free speech and democracy
It’s all there in the Greeks. Demosthenes talked about the truth spoken in all freedom and Aristotle of the wisdom of the crowd. Yet today, in the era of the smartphone, echo chamber effects and filter bubbles seem to gain ground towards polarization, whereas having uncensored, diverse and trustworthy media seems an unattainable ideal. We used to think that the internet would set us free, so what did exactly happen?
British author and Professor of European Studies at Oxford University, Timothy Garton Ash shares his reflections on the role of the media in people’s political decision-making and choices.