Rarely far from the heat of British political conversation, Ash Sarkar is a journalist, broadcaster and author of Sunday Times Best Seller, Minority Rule: Adventures in The Culture War.
Known for her outspoken commentary and insightful political writing, Sarkar has been published in the Guardian, the Independent and Novara Media, where she is a contributing editor. She is a regular guest on shows including BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze, and BBC Question Time.
Writer Naomi Klein called her ‘one of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation’.
Screens and algorithms are eroding people’s tolerance for the realities and differences of others. We live in our own separate information universes, consuming within our echo chambers, encountering people with different views, opinions and experiences less and less. But when we do come together, it can cause this extreme discomfort.
The average adult spends a quarter of each day online. So how do you stay present? How do you feel like you’re part of something that’s bigger than yourself, but not so big that you’re drowning? How do you protect your ability to think?
Ash Sarkar is a journalist, broadcaster and author, known for her outspoken commentary and political writing. As our closing keynote at Brighton Summit, she’ll talk about tech, relationships, and the loss of mental space – leaving us to ponder how we can each do more to be present and think differently about our approach to both work and life outside of it.
