The World Ahead: Viral acceleration
04/27/20 • 24 min
The covid-19 pandemic has triggered an economic crisis, but how will this change the way people use technology—and which of these changes will last? Host Tom Standage speaks to guests from Ark Invest, the Brookings Institution and Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, to explore which technologies stand to benefit from an acceleration in the pace of adoption.
Music by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC by 4.0)
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The covid-19 pandemic has triggered an economic crisis, but how will this change the way people use technology—and which of these changes will last? Host Tom Standage speaks to guests from Ark Invest, the Brookings Institution and Alphabet’s drone-delivery company, Wing, to explore which technologies stand to benefit from an acceleration in the pace of adoption.
Music by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC by 4.0)
Please subscribe to The Economist for full access to print, digital and audio editions:
www.economist.com/radiooffer or here for The World in 2020
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Music by Chris Zabriskie "Candlepower" (CC by 4.0)
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