Abstract
‘One of the reasons why it is a good idea to talk about the future now rather than, in a sense, be surprised by it when it arrives is that it does allow us to have some of those early discussions about the ethical, societal, possibly even regulatory debates that should accompany any new major overhaul in communications technology. And that arguably didn’t happen the last time around.
If you look at the way in which social media erupted and then we’re still actually sort of debating the legal and regulatory and societal responses or guardrails that people believe should be put in place. In a sense, it’s the wrong way around – the cart before the horse – because the technology was used well before the societal response matured.’
– Sir Nick Clegg, former UK deputy prime minister, president global affairs at Meta
‘It is very striking that rather than assist in finding a solution to what should be a matter of honour to this family, they refuse to provide information, hiding behind the walls of the trust structure whilst spending over £1 million in subsidising Sir Frederick’s legal fees – and no doubt a very large sum on their own fees – to try to avert the gaze of the media.’
– Sir Jonathan Cohen, a judge, on the nephews of Sir Frederick Barclay. Their family owns the Telegraph Media Group.
‘RIP the beautiful and profound sound poem of the classified football results on Sports Report. Now we have all lost at home.’
– The poet Ian McMillan on changes to sport on BBC radio
‘We made the decision with the BBC to go old-school and broadcast the show two evenings a week, rather than drop the entire series online. In doing this, I hoped that the viewing experience would be more collective, with people discussing the twists and turns the following day…’
– The playwright James Graham on his drama series Sherwood