Who Should Govern Tech?

Welcome to The Academy Now — this episode asks who should steer our socio-technical world shaped by platforms, algorithms, and AI. Drawing from Plato’s philosopher-king, it argues that governing tech requires reasoning beyond raw data: arithmetic, geometry, abstraction, and dialectic to see incentives, structures, and the ‘good’ behind metrics.

The episode also tests the idea: is philosopher-rule elitist or can its lessons be distributed into institutions as ‘philosopher-governance’? Listen to explore how moral clarity, sustained reasoning, and public accountability might guide policy, design, and investment — and decide who should lead.