Jamie Susskind (born 1989) is an English barrister and author.

Background

Jamie Susskind is the son of Richard Susskind, a notable British author, and is Jewish.[1] He grew up in Radlett, an affluent village in Hertfordshire, and received a private school education from the Haberdashers' Boys' School.[2] Jamie was Head Boy, as well as captain of the debating team and member of the golf team.[3] He studied history and politics at Oxford University. He later studied law and was appointed as a research fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. Jamie practises law at Littleton Chambers.[4]

Writings

In 2011, Susskind's first book, Karl Marx and British Intellectuals in the 1930s was published.

Susskind's second book Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech, was listed by the London School of Economics as one of the top ten books of 2019. In the book, Susskind approaches the issues of technological change in the political arena from a legal standpoint, speculating on the various ways technology would change the interactions between citizens and the political process.[5][1][6][7] It was awarded Book of the Year by Evening Standard and Prospect Magazine, Book of the Day by The Guardian and received the 2019 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.[7]

His third book, The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century, was published in 2022. It concerns the dangers, problems, and solutions to Big Tech.[8]

In a 2022 opinion piece on the ride‑share startup Uber, Susskind argues that emerging technologies must be used for human good.[9]

Bibliography

  • Karl Marx and British Intellectuals in the 1930s, Davenant Press, Oxford, 2011. ISBN 9781859440636
  • Future politics: living together in a world transformed by tech, Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2018. ISBN 9780198825616
  • The digital republic : on freedom and democracy in the 21st century, Pegasus Books, New York, 2022. ISBN 9781643139012

References

  1. 1 2 "Jews, the UK Labour party, and democracy in the digital age". 2 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Montague, Alan (3 September 2020). "Why Jamie Susskind has rejoined Labour". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "They are the best, no debate". Watford Observer. 27 February 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Aldridge, Alex (19 November 2018). "A conversation with barrister Jamie Susskind about his new book Future Politics". Legal Cheek. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Taylor, R., Taster, M., Vieira, H., Brown, S. A., & Deller, R. (2019). 10 of the best books of 2019 recommended by LSE blog editors. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog.
  6. ↑ Behr, Rafael (5 December 2018). "Future Politics by Jamie Susskind review – when life-changing decisions are made by machines". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Jamie Susskind".
  8. ↑ Susskind, Jamie (23 June 2022). The digital republic: on freedom and democracy in the 21st century. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5266-2530-4. Paperback edition.
  9. ↑ Susskind, Jamie (12 July 2022). "Uber stormed through an open door — now politicians must change the locks". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 July 2022.


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