“Susskind has established himself as one of the foremost thinkers on the transformative impact of the technology revolution” - Tony Blair
“Few understand politics. Even fewer understand technology. Susskind is that rare soul who understands both.”- Lawrence Lessig
“Susskind could be one of the great public intellectual rock stars of our time” - London Evening Standard
Jamie Susskind is the bestselling author of The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century (Bloomsbury 2022) and the award-winning Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech (Oxford, 2018), an Evening Standard and Prospect Book of the Year. Future Politics was awarded the 2019 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize.
Jamie is an author and barrister. He has held fellowships at Cambridge and Harvard Universities. His work is at the crossroads of technology, politics, and law.
Jamie speaks around the world. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, The Times, The Guardian, Wired, the Daily Telegraph, Fast Company, the New Statesman, and elsewhere.
“"an excellent job of diagnosing the problems and...well-constructed solutions"
New York Times
“A wise manifesto for digital democracy”
The Economist
“a blistering and highly persuasive manifesto”
Daily Mail
“"exceedingly sensible…thought-provoking…a wake up call…essential"”
TLS
“compelling, cogent…I was reminded of the Federalist Papers”
Diplomatic Courier
“It’s time for a change, and The Digital Republic is a good place to start.”
Observer
“The book packs in so many important ideas…pacy, approachable…refreshingly different”
Irish Times
“As innovative in its ideas as it is sharp in its analysis”
Sir Tony Blair
“original and hopeful”
Anne Applebaum
“deeply engaging and thought-provoking”
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
“lucid and persuasive”
Niall Ferguson
“a truly novel contribution”
Carly Kind
“rare clarity, focus and intellectual discipline”
Rafael Behr
“a formidable achievement”
Guardian
“…a work of clarity and effortless genius which is a must for anybody seeking to understand the impact of modern technology on our body politic”
Evening Standard
“crucial reading…superb and necessary”
Observer
“easily readable…books like this might help turn the tide…clear and precise…he steers a course to the future that is as convincing as it is shocking”
Sunday Times
“brilliant…detailed research, colourful examples, and a pacy, upbeat style…Future Politics will remain relevant for several years. All elected officials should read it as a matter of urgency”
Catholic Herald
“tremendous talent…very readable”
Telegraph
“The tone…is as refreshing as the originality of insight”
Irish Times
“remarkably comprehensive…Susskind’s intervention is to note that recent events should force us to look in the mirror”
Boston Review
“a riveting book that sparkles with great ideas…visionary”
Frost Magazine
"Original and thought-provoking…groundbreaking."
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2007-2010
"…there is no better glimpse into our shared future than this book."
Lawrence Lessig, Harvard Law School
"…a tour de force introduction to the future…"
Beth Simone Noveck, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
"…pathbreaking…a must-read."
Philip Pettit, Princeton University
"…lucid and essential..."
Matt Clifford MBE, Co-Founder & CEO, Entrepreneur First
"…crackles with ideas, sparking new thoughts with every page…superbly organised…Terrific."
Lord Finkelstein, The Times
“rigorous and thoughtful…commendable intellectual breadth”
Literary Reviewlogy
Future Politics confronts one of the most important questions of our time: how will digital technology transform politics and society? The great political debate of the last century was about how much of our collective life should be determined by the state and what should be left to the market and civil society. In the future, the question will be how far our lives should be directed and controlled by powerful digital systems - and on what terms?
A groundbreaking work of political analysis, Future Politics challenges readers to rethink what it means to be free or equal, what it means to have power or property, what it means for a political system to be just or democratic, and proposes ways in which we can - and must - regain control.
Jamie is a sought-after speaker. He speaks worldwide about digital technology and its impact on politics, economics, and morality. Recent engagements include events at Microsoft, Google, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, LSE, the British Academy, the Royal Society of Arts, the Financial Times Weekend Festival, Hay Literary Festival, the Veerstichting Symposium in Leiden, The Times Cheltenham Book Festival, Seattle Town Hall, and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.
Google Talk
Harvard Law School event with Professor David Wilkins and Professor Lawrence Lessig
Interview with The Economist’s Hal Hodson at Digital Freedom Festival
Vodcast with Drugstore Culture's Matthew d'Ancona.
London launch of Future Politics, Hatchard’s, September 2018
Financial Times Weekend Festival, “Tech Tonic”
Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge MA
Foyle’s London
Royal Society of Arts, Edinburgh
European Parliament, Brussels
Google Talk, London, 2018
Wimbledon Book Festival
CapX, London
Burn’s Supper, Society of Scottish Lawyers in London
Entrepreneur First, “Living in an AI World”
Cheltenham Book Festival
Seattle Town Hall, WA
London School of Economics
Blackwell’s, Oxford
Waterstones Belfast
Get in touch
For speaking and media, please contact Jamie’s agent, Caroline Michel, at PFD
For Jamie’s publishers, please contact Bloomsbury (for The Digital Republic) or Oxford University Press (for Future Politics).
For Jamie’s work as a barrister, please click here.
For inquiries relating to Jamie’s practice as a barrister, please contact mark.dann@11kbw.com.
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