Writer and producer Jonathan Taplin explains how the promise of disruptive technological innovation threatens the environment and livelihoods of billions of people.

The 21st century has been marked by a series of technological innovations.

Social media, cryptocurrencies, and AI technology developed over just a couple of decades, promising a better life for everyone.

The latest technologies were meant to decentralize finance and stop us from being bored or lonely. But has society as a whole felt any benefits from this tech revolution?

Jonathan Taplin is an American scholar, author, and music and film producer who has worked with influential artists like Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese.

In his book The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling Out Our Future, Taplin explores how a few privileged entrepreneurs have made fortunes by selling potentially dangerous and unethical ideas disguised as a technological revolution.