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What is the digital mediaeval?

Season 1, Ep. 30
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Jeremy Silver is the CEO of Digital Capital, and he believes that we are living in our 'digital mediaeval period'. He joins Jason today explain what he means by that, what problems it poses, and what we need to do to move to a 'digital renaissance'.


Producer - Natt Tapley

Sound - Pete Dennis

Photo by Bingqian Li: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-near-castle-and-scaffolding-16105790/

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