Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia John Anderson talks to Associate Professor Tom Simpson from the University of Oxford on various issues including the breakdown of social trust, elitist politics and Brexit. Tom was an AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker for 2017. He works particularly on trust and issues at the intersection of technology and security. His research was recently profiled by the ABC. He joined the School from Cambridge where he was educated (BA, MPhil, PhD), and where he was a Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College. #BREXIT #Philosophy #Technology #Cambridge #Military -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world's foremost thought leaders about today's pressing social, cultural and political issues. John believes proper, robust dialogue is necessary if we are to maintain our social strength and cohesion. As he puts it; "You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate." If you value this discussion and want to see more like it, make sure you subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtnYSEGViOnb7k8ezUaWUww?sub_confirmation=1 And stay right up to date with all the conversations by subscribing to the newsletter here: https://johnanderson.net.au/contact/ Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnAndersonAC Follow John on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnandersonac/ Follow John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-anderson-ao Support the channel: https://johnanderson.net.au/support/ Website: https://johnanderson.net.au/ Podcast: https://johnanderson.net.au/podcasts/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Simpson https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/tom-simpson https://policyexchange.org.uk/author/tomsimpson/