Politics & Society

The Attention Economy with James Williams

In May this year, James Williams, a former Google employee and doctoral candidate researching design ethics at Oxford University, won the inaugural US$100,000 Nine Dots Prize. James argues that digital technologies privilege our impulses over our intentions, and are gradually diminishing our ability to engage with the issues we most care about.

Watch James Williams, Nine Dots Prize winner and recipient of Google’s Founders’ Award, in our latest RSA Spotlight – the edits which take you straight to the heart of the event!

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