Nanjala Nyabola: Social Media, the Future of Democracy and the US Elections

Nanjala Nyabola explores the extent to which social media is causing citizens to adjust but acknowledges power is adjusting too. She reflects on the fact that it’s now clear that social media companies do not understand the very society they purport to connect and yet we now have a Generation Z whose online and offline lives seamlessly fold into each other with contradictory results we are only beginning to appreciate.