RSA Conversations

David Puttnam

Episode Summary

Is democracy under threat from a ‘pandemic of misinformation’? Lord David Puttnam explains why he believes we are living through a time in which trust is collapsing.

Episode Notes

Global crises cause big changes and reveal deep structural weaknesses.  

In this special interview series from the RSA its chief executive, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for one big idea to help build effective bridges to our new future. 

Lord David Puttnam is a British film producer, educator and chair of the Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies.  

To read the committee's recently published report, 'Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust', click here

Produced by Craig Templeton Smith

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