The Future of Social Media | Nick Clegg

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

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Technology, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Nick Clegg on Politics, Meta, and the Future of AI | Full Interview Earn a GBP200 Bonus on your supplier payments with our Sponsor, Worldfirst In this episode of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, Nick Clegg delves into his political career, from leading the Liberal Democrats and entering a coalition government to experiencing significant electoral defeats. He reflects on his transition from politics to becoming the President of Global Affairs at Meta, providing insights into his role and the challenges of adapting to a tech company culture. Clegg discusses the societal impacts of technology, the importance of making decisive policy choices, and the significance of AI in shaping the future. He also offers personal advice on managing work-life balance, especially in demanding careers, and touches on his views about the UK's potential in AI innovation and its economic implications. 00:00 Political Defeats and Leadership 00:48 Nick Clegg's Role at Meta 03:44 Transition from Politics to Tech 07:14 Challenges and Cultural Shifts 11:15 Reflections on Political Career 23:40 Advice for Politicians Transitioning to Private Sector 27:18 Future of Jobs and Technology 30:44 The Impact of Technology on Jobs 32:04 The Role of Government in Lifelong Learning 33:03 Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Post-Brexit 33:46 Comparing UK and US Higher Education Systems 35:45 Embracing AI for Public Services 37:30 The UK's Productivity Puzzle 42:56 The Importance of Open Source AI 46:29 Quickfire Questions with Nick Clegg 54:00 Balancing Politics and Family Life ********** Follow us on socials! Instagram: instagram.com/jimmysjobs Tiktok: tiktok.com/@jimmysjobsofthefuture Twitter / X: twitter.com/JimmyM Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/jimmy-mcloughlin-obe/ Want to come on the show? [email protected] Sponsor the show or Partner with us: [email protected] Credits: Host / Exec Producer: Jimmy McLoughlin OBE Producer: Sunny Winter And the rest of the amazing JJ Team! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Jimmy's jobs to the future. Today we're joined by Nick Clegg.
0:05.0	Nick Clegg has had a fascinating career across Brussels, Westminster and most recently
0:10.7	in Silicon Valley as the President Global Affairs at Meta.
0:15.0	It's a pretty remarkable story and he's got some fascinating reflections on what life is like in Westminster,
0:21.0	how it differs to Silicon Valley, and how a career in technology is very
0:25.9	different to politics, but how he looks to bring both different skill sets to the role.
0:31.6	It's been really busy here at Jimmy's jobs of the future. If you follow me on
0:36.4	various social media outlets you will see that we have launched Box Lights, creative studio to help tell the stories of British business.
0:45.3	More on that later, I'm super excited to be back with Jimmy's jobs to the future this autumn,
0:50.8	bringing you some brilliant guests lined up, starting with Nick Clegg, but we have the marketeer Rory
0:56.1	Sutherland coming up, the former editor of the Financial Times, Lionel Barber, and we've also got a number of the Conservative leadership candidates coming up
1:05.0	talking to us what they think about the future of our economy.
1:08.0	Nick what is the job of President of global affairs at Metter.
1:13.2	I mean the way I've heard Mark Zuckerberg explain it,
1:15.8	so that's probably the best thing to ventriloquires on this,
1:18.3	is that he sort of says that business is roughly, I'll slice and dice in different ways, but you can roughly
1:25.8	sort of categorise it in three big chunks.
1:28.8	The first bit, by far the most important and the thing that he is really most vested in which is the product is the engineering.
1:36.8	These are highly complex systems.
1:38.8	It might look simple to open the Instagram app.
1:41.6	There's a lot, a lot of engineering and compute behind that.
1:46.0	And so everything from our messaging apps, messenger and WhatsApp, the social media apps, Facebook,
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