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Rachel Botsman

Expert on trust in the digital world

'Think for Yourself: How to Think Clearly and Deeply in an Age of AI, Automation and Noise'

Rachel Botsman is one of the world’s leading thinkers on trust, technology, and societal change. She is the bestselling author of What’s Mine Is Yours and Who Can You Trust?, with her work translated into 14 languages, and is recognized for groundbreaking ideas on how technology transforms the way we trust, work, and make decisions.

Today, Rachel focuses on one of the defining questions of the AI era: what happens when we outsource our thinking to intelligent machines? She challenges leaders to question easy answers, rethink assumptions, and strengthen the judgment needed to navigate a world of automation and noise.

Rachel Botsman
01. PIONEER OF TRUST & TECHNOLOGY
 

She spent more than 15 years exploring how technology changes human relationships and trust. Her groundbreaking ideas on collaborative consumption and distributed trust helped explain major shifts in how people interact with platforms, institutions, and one another in the digital age.

02. GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED THINKER & AUTHOR

The author of three influential books, including What’s Mine Is Yours and Who Can You Trust?, with her work translated into 14 languages. She has been recognized by Thinkers50 for her groundbreaking ideas and has reached millions of people through her TED Talks, writing, and global speaking.
03. RETHINKING HOW WE THINK IN THE AGE OF AI
 

Rachel’s latest work explores what happens when technology moves from helping us do things to helping us decide and think. As AI makes information and answers instantly available, she examines how we can preserve curiosity, independent judgment, and the ability to think deeply for ourselves.

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What to learn from Rachel Botsman

'Think for Yourself: How to Think Clearly and Deeply in an Age of AI, Automation and Noise'


  • How to recognize when AI is enhancing your thinking, and when it is quietly replacing it.
  • Why independent judgment and deeper thinking become more valuable as answers become faster.
  • Practices for thinking slowly before you decide, clearly when the noise is loudest, and deeply enough to trust your own judgement.