**Dept of podcasts **🎧 The basic assumption on our side is that technology transcends everything. The distinction between what is local and what is global makes no sense anymore, as platforms have no respect for national borders. The world's first Ambassador appointed to represent a nation-state to the technology industries around the world, Casper Klynge, joins me in London to discuss the state of relations between leading technology companies and governments. We acknowledge a unique moment in history we're in: trust in government in the West is declining, the effects of emerging technologies are combinatorial, and a shift from West to East is happening.