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Technology is evolving faster than institutions can adapt, deepening inequalities and concentrating power
Once envisioned as open, digital spaces are now shaped by a few dominant actors. How can technology help build institutions that truly serve society?
Authors such as Acemoglu and Johnson argue that strong democratic institutions can steer technological progress toward shared prosperity, well-being, and sustainability, rather than deepening inequality and elite control. With artificial intelligence, they face a dual risk: the extraction and unauthorized use of their knowledge and cultural expressions without recognition or benefit, and their exclusion from development processes, leading to tools that fail to reflect their values, needs, or rights. By supporting the people and communities behind the code, it ensures open-source development remains strong and inclusive.• In Kyiv, Ukraine, the city’s Digital Platform, originally a mobility service, adapted as war reshaped reality.
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