{"id":23744,"date":"2022-02-15T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T04:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/us-khanna-book\/"},"modified":"2022-02-15T10:19:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T04:49:05","slug":"us-khanna-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/us-khanna-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Book on digital age by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna creates buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-3368984267\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>Washington, Feb 15 (PTI) A book on the digital age by Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, that seeks to democratise the digital revolution in the larger good of humanity and the planet, has been getting rare reviews and accolades from the top American politicians and global economists.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-338573126\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p> In his rare foreword to a book, eminent economist and Noble Laureate Amartya Sen writes that \u201cDignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us\u201d by Congressman Khanna offers a graceful picture of the coexistence of disparate ways of living, allowing justice and fairness.<\/p>\n<p> Sen describes 45-year-old Khanna, a Democratic politician, as an \u201cinnovative social thinker.\u201d \t The book, which hit the bookstores early this month, has climbed up the best sellers\u2019 list and has received accolades from the tech industry as well, including Microsoft\u2019s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhether we consider the future of America, or of other places, we have reason to be grateful to Ro Khanna,\u201d he writes in the book.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-4209667659\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> Former US president Bill Clinton, who rarely comments on others&#8217; books, tweeted that \u201cDignity in a Digital Age\u201d is full of good ideas for creating opportunities in places across America that have been left out and left behind for too long.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe should all work together to make them a reality and spread the benefits of technology to every American,\u201d he wrote in his tweet.<\/p>\n<p> Khanna, the three-term Congressman from California, writes that the book imagines how the digital economy can create opportunities for people where they live instead of uprooting them.<\/p>\n<p> It offers a vision for decentralising digital innovation and wealth generation to build economically vibrant and inclusive communities that are connected to each other, he wrote.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe need a development strategy that fosters a nucleus of tech jobs with myriad applications for different industries and local entrepreneurs in thousands of rural and underrepresented communities across our nation.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe digital revolution is reshaping our economy and society, but it continues to sideline, exclude, upend, and manipulate too many in the process. My aim is to advance our democratic values by empowering all of us to direct and steer these digital forces,\u201d wrote the Congressman who represents Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content-10\" id=\"trade-2603241320\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_3_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2969612066\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p> \u201cToday, I represent a district that is home to Apple, Google, Intel, Yahoo, eBay, LinkedIn and Tesla,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> In a recent interview to The New York Times, which gave a positive review of the book, Khanna said that Silicon Valley overall is an extraordinary place of innovation, of entrepreneurship, of high achievement.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBut I don\u2019t think it has lived up to its responsibilities in a democratic society,\u201d he told the daily.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cKhanna rattles off an array of initiatives that would harness the resources of the federal government to the agility of the private sector, building \u2018digital grant colleges\u2019 inside the country\u2019s 112 land-grant universities to teach applied technology skills, underwriting apprenticeship programmes at tech companies, creating a \u2018national digital corps\u2019 as a kind of Peace Corps for rural America,\u201d wrote The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p> Khanna spares no punches about Congress\u2019 inability to regulate tech companies in his book, The Washington Post wrote in its review of the book.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe dirty secret in Silicon Valley is that Congress will hold a hearing every few months, yell at a CEO or accuse them of theft to launch a viral clip, maybe even publish a blistering report \u2014 but then nothing changes and nothing happens,\u201d Khanna writes.<\/p>\n<p> According to The Washington Post, in the book, Khanna lays out a governmental and societal road map for how to deal with industry abuses, while also spreading Silicon Valley\u2019s wealth and opportunities around the country.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cCouldn&#8217;t agree more\u201d with Clinton, tweeted Paris Hilton.<\/p>\n<p> \u201c! I\u2019m so grateful @RoKhanna is also championing The Accountability for Congregate Care Act which puts protections in place for institutionalized youth in America!\u201d she said in a tweet. 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