Waag Futurelab’s seventh annual State of the Internet lecture with Marleen Stikker.

Now that tech billionaires have access to the White House, there is an urgent realisation that we are extremely dependent on big tech. With one decree from Trump or a push of a button from Musk, our society could be completely disrupted. According to Rutte, secretary general of NATO, we must “prepare for war”. The question is whether we have already lost that war in the digital domain. Can we reclaim ownership? Marleen Stikker points the way in this lecture.

The lecture can be watched here.