Here's a podcast on New Books Network where I talk about (surprise surprise) my new book, 'Visions of a Digital Nation', and why Margaret Thatcher's 1984 [#privatisation](https://hcommons.social/tags/privatisation) of British Telecom was a pivotal moment for both [#neoliberalism](https://hcommons.social/tags/neoliberalism) and [#digitalisation](https://hcommons.social/tags/digitalisation). Podcast: [https://newbooksnetwork.com/visions-of-a-digital-nation](https://newbooksnetwork.com/visions-of-a-digital-nation) Book download: [https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001](https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14210.001.0001) [\#histsci](https://hcommons.social/tags/histsci) [#histodons](https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons) [#history](https://hcommons.social/tags/history) [#sts](https://hcommons.social/tags/sts) [#telecom](https://hcommons.social/tags/telecom) [@histodons](https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons) [@sts](https://a.gup.pe/u/sts) [#tech](https://hcommons.social/tags/tech) [#technology](https://hcommons.social/tags/technology) [#historyoftechnology](https://hcommons.social/tags/historyoftechnology)