Big Tech e potere globale: Il complesso militare-digitale | Andrea Coveri | TEDxBarletta
Il talk esplora il potere nascosto delle grandi aziende tecnologiche — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook — e il loro ruolo sempre più centrale nella società contemporanea.
L’oratore mostra come queste piattaforme, nate per semplificare la vita quotidiana, siano diventate nuovi centri di potere globale, al punto da condizionare non solo i mercati e la politica, ma anche la difesa e la sicurezza militare.
Attraverso esempi concreti — come la collaborazione di Amazon e Microsoft con il governo ucraino o il progetto Nimbus tra Google e Israele — il talk rivela come le Big Tech abbiano dato origine a un vero e proprio “complesso militare-digitale”, dove il confine tra pubblico e privato è sempre più labile.
La riflessione si allarga poi al piano etico e democratico: se i dati, le infrastrutture digitali e le intelligenze artificiali restano nelle mani di pochi colossi, anche la libertà e la conoscenza collettiva diventano beni privati.
Il messaggio finale invita il pubblico a ripensare la proprietà delle tecnologie e a immaginare un futuro digitale che serva la collettività — non solo il profitto o il potere — trasformando la tecnologia in uno strumento di pace e giustizia, non di dominio. Andrea Coveri ha 36 anni ed è un economista. Dopo aver completato gli studi in Economia Politica presso l’Università di Bologna, ha conseguito il Dottorato di Ricerca presso l’Università Politecnica delle Marche. Attualmente è ricercatore in Economia Applicata presso l’Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, dove insegna Economia politica ed Economia della Globalizzazione. I suoi interessi di ricerca riguardano prevalentemente l’economia internazionale, l’economia dell’innovazione e la teoria del valore, dei prezzi e della distribuzione. Su questi argomenti ha pubblicato numerosi articoli su riviste scientifiche internazionali. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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