In this event Mark Little will discuss his recently published book: The Last Good Day on the Internet. Drawing on his unique experience as the founder of two internet start-ups, Storyful and Kinzen, and working with Twitter and Spotify, Mark’s book charts the rise of the attention economy and discusses options for building a better internet. Mark will also discuss the rise of AI and its implications for leadership in politics, business and civil society.

Mark Little is an entrepreneur and journalist working to understand the impact of technology on media and democracy. His new book, The Last Good Day on the Internet, explores hope and humanity in the age of superhuman technology. Mark was the co-founder of Kinzen, which used AI and human analysis to detect online harms, and the founder of Storyful, the world's first social news agency. Mark has worked on trust and safety issues at Spotify, and developed media partnerships for Twitter. He is a former TV presenter and foreign correspondent for RTE, and was a member of the Future of Media Commission, tasked with mapping the future of public media in Ireland.