Congressman Ro Khanna offers a revolutionary roadmap to facing America’s digital divide
offering greater economic prosperity to all. In Khanna’s vision just as people can move to
technology technology can move to people. People need not be compelled to move from one place
to another to reap the benefits offered by technological progress” (from the foreword by
Amartya Sen Nobel Laureate in Economics). In the digital age unequal access to technology and
the revenue it creates is one of the most pressing issues facing the United States. There is an
economic gulf between those who have struck gold in the tech industry and those left behind by
the digital revolution a geographic divide between those in the coastal tech industry and
those in the heartland whose jobs have been automated and existing inequalities in
technological access—students without computers rural workers with spotty WiFi and plenty of
workers without the luxury to work from home. Dignity in the Digital Age tackles these
challenges head-on and imagines how the digital economy can create opportunities for people all
across the country without uprooting them. Congressman Ro Khanna of Silicon Valley offers a
vision for democratizing digital innovation to build economically vibrant and inclusive
communities. Instead of being subject to tech’s reshaping of our economy Representative Khanna
argues that we must channel those powerful forces toward creating a more healthy equal and
democratic society. Born into an immigrant family Khanna understands how economic opportunity
can change the course of a person’s life. Anchored by an approach Khanna refers to as
progressive capitalism ” he shows how democratizing access to tech can strengthen every sector
of economy and culture. By expanding technological jobs nationwide through public and private
partnerships we can close the wealth gap in America and begin to repair the fractured
distrusting relationships that have plagued our country for far too long. Moving deftly between
storytelling policy and some of the country’s greatest thinkers in political philosophy and
economics Khanna presents a bold vision we can’t afford to ignore. Dignity in a Digital Age is
a roadmap to how we can seek dignity for every American in an era in which technology shapes
every aspect of our lives.
