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Lane Fox: Modern tech sector replicates old establishment's exclusionary dynamics
“There's a whole new establishment that's been created, and I would argue it's a new establishment that has replicated the old establishment to a degree that those of us that were quite early into the dot-com boom and then bust here in the UK are properly surpr…”
Lane Fox: Major tech platforms won't solve humanity's biggest problems
“The total kind of techno-utapen vision that the tech platforms will sort out all the biggest challenges that we face, and I'm not convinced by that.”
Lane Fox: Becoming a competent software engineer takes 6 to 18 months
“We know that it takes them anywhere between six weeks and 18 months to get to be a relatively good either software engineer or architect or whatever.”
Lane Fox: Startup valuation does not equal social or commercial impact
“Valuation does not equal impact. It doesn't even equal, it might equal maybe some commercial impact, although that's arguable, but it certainly doesn't necessarily, not necessarily equal social impact.”
Lane Fox: UK gig economy is limited to rich pockets like London
“It is, I would say, but it is doing in very, very small pockets. So central London, big tick, and I live in central London, and I'm lucky I'm rich, so big tick for me, but to Russell's point, If you're living anywhere that doesn't have broadband, which is quit…”
Lane Fox: Internet access gaps could persist even in smart cities
“I could easily imagine how in 20 years' time we could have a profoundly disadvantaged and dislocated and completely without, you know, internet is absent from in their lives, even in a hyperconnected, super smart city.”
Lane Fox: Dot Everyone aims to make UK top tech destination for women
“We are going to make the UK one of the best places to work as a woman in technology in the world, as one of our first landmark projects, and watch this space for how we plan to start.”
Lane Fox: UK has 800,000 unemployed women and 600,000 open tech jobs
“The second thing we're going to do is we're going to work with some corporates to think about how we could encourage the currently 800,000 unemployed women in this country to become part of the 600,000 jobs that we need to fill in the tech sector.”
Lane Fox: No country has executed a comprehensive national digital vision
“You've had South Korea do a huge and incredible job on infrastructure. You've had Estonia do a huge and incredible job on government services online. You've had Singapore do an amazing job in smart cities. You've had Canada actually do some interesting stuff i…”
Lane Fox: Nearly 20% of UK adults lack basic digital access
“Do four things online that we know are the kind of most basic benefits to being on the internet, and that, that's nearly 20% of the adult population.”
Lane Fox: UK and Europe can lead globally in open data
“So I would say open data is another area where I think the UK and all Europe could be Continue to be a world leader.”
Lane Fox: UK suffers profound skill shortages in data science
“We've got profound gaps in data scientists, profound gaps in all levels of the skills chain.”