Navigating Covid-19 in a Digital Republic (with President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid)
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View
English - April 20, 2020 14:11 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 558 ratingsTechnology News Tech News intelligence automation economics economy future government robots science society technology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In Estonia, the only public service not available online is marriage. Dubbed the “digital republic”, Estonia has the most advanced e-government in the world and nurtures a vibrant start-up community. Kersti Kaljulaid, President of Estonia, joins Azeem Azhar to explore how legal and technological innovations have helped to build e-Estonia, and how this digital republic is navigating the Covid-19 pandemic.
They explore:
How Covid-19 could accelerate technology development and implementation.
How Estonia has achieved astonishing transparency and privacy in digital government.
How Estonia combats constant cyber threats.
Further reading:
“Estonia, the Digital Republic” (New Yorker, 2017)
“Why Estonia Was Poised to Handle How a Pandemic Would Change Everything” (New Yorker, 2020)
“Can AI Be a Fair Judge in Court? Estonia Thinks So” (Wired, 2019)
The Official Website for E-Estonia
@KerstiKaljulaid
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